To understand the processes and energy dissipation performance caused by turbulence during the wave run-up over a stepped revetment, hydraulic model tests with steady flow conditions are conducted and correlated with unsteady flow conditions of the wave run-up within a short time frame. Under irregular waves, the run-up reduction over a stepped revetment is dependent on the Iribarren number and decreases for decreasing Iribarren numbers. Velocity gradients are found to be similar in a steady and unsteady flow regime near the pseudo-bottom.
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Kerpen, N. B., Bung, D. B., Valero, D., & Schlurmann, T. (2017). Energy dissipation within the wave run-up at stepped revetments. Journal of Ocean University of China, 16(4), 649–654. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11802-017-3355-z
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