Author(s): Domenico Davide Meringolo; Federico Casella; Francesco Aristodemo
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Abstract: A time-frequency modeling of the wave loads induced by non-stationary oscillatory signals such as solitary waves on a submerged rigid rectangular breakwater was performed. To this purpose, small-scale laboratory tests were undertaken in a wave channel, adopting 12 pressure sensors along the external contour of the barrier to deduce the hydrodynamic loads. The raw experimental data were filtered through the Wavelet analysis, selecting a Mexican hat Wavelet. A sensitivity analysis of the resulting drag, inertia and lift coefficients deduced from the empirical calibration of the widespread Morison’s formula was finally carried out.
Year: 2022