A CASE STUDY ON HARBOR OSCILLATIONS BY INFRAGRAVITY WAVES

In this study, the minimization of harbor oscillation using permeable breakwater was applied to the actual harbor and investigated a reduction effect by computer simulation in order to take into account the water quality problems and measures of harbor oscillation by infragravity waves at the same time. The study site is Mukho harbor located at east coast of Korea. The infragravity waves which obtained by analyzing the field data for five years focused on the distribution between wave periods of 40s and 70s and wave heights in less than 0.1m was 94percent of analyzing data. The target wave periods for minimization of harbor oscillation was 68s. The most effective method of minimization of harbor oscillation by infragravity waves was to install a detached permeable breakwater with transmission coefficient of 0.3 on the outside harbor and replace some area of the vertical wall with wave energy dissipating structure to achieve a reflectivity of 0.9 or less in a harbor. The reduction rate of amplitude shown in 27.4percent in this method.Recorded Presentation from the vICCE (YouTube Link): https://youtu.be/oDzrehaXlY8

Spatial variations of long-period waves and harbor oscillations around Taiping Island in the South China Sea

<p>Most coral reef islands in the South China Sea are primary influenced by monsoons from the northeast in winter to the southwest in summer. Because the length scale of the islands ranges between O(100 m) and O(1000 m), nearshore waves and currents on the windward and leeward sides are modulated by seasonal wave directions as well as reef morphology. It is well known that long-period swell and infragravity waves play a vital role in dominating hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics on fringing reefs. However, spatial characteristics of long waves on the entire islands have not been well studied. In the present study, a phase-resolving Boussinesq-type wave model, is employed to investigate wave distributions around Taiping Island in the South China Sea during the monsoon. Wave transformations of refraction, diffraction, reflection and nonlinear wave interactions on the complex reef geometry are simulated using a high resolution grid. Model results will display spatial variability of significant wave height, infragravity waves and nearshore currents around the reef platform. The importance of long wave diffraction and resulting wave frequency components at the leeward side of the island will be examined. A small harbor located at the southern island often experiences harbor oscillations during the winter monsoon, even it located at the leeward side. Harbor oscillations forced by periods of wind-wave, swell and infragravity waves will be explored to provide critical indicators for the harbor management.</p>