Numerical Simulation of Bragg Reflection Based on Linear Waves Propagation over A Series of Rectangular Seabed

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2008-01-11
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Anumericalmodel,EvolutionEquationofMild-SlopeEquation(EEMSE)developedbyHsuetal.(2003),wasappliedtostudytheBraggreflectionofwaterwavesoveraseriesofrectangularseabed.ThreekeyparametersoftheBraggreflectionincludingthepeakcoefficientofprimaryBraggreflection,itscorrespondingrelativewavelength,andthebandwidth,haveshowntobeeffectiveindescribingthecharacteristicsoftheprimaryBraggreflection.ThecharacteristicsoftheBraggreflectionwereinvestigatedunderthevariousconditionscomprisingnumber,height,andspacingintervalofaseriesofrectangularseabed.TheresultsrevealthatthepeakofBraggreflectionincreaseswiththeincreaseofrectangularseabedheightandnumber,thebandwidthandtheshiftvalueoftheBraggreflectiondependontheincreaseoftherectangularseabedheightaswellasthedecreaseofrectangularseabednumber,andtherelativerectangularseabedspacingintherangof3and4couldproducehigherBraggreflection.Finally,acorrelativeandregressiveanalysisisperformedbyuseofthecalculateddata.Basedontheresultsoftheanalysis,empiricalequationswereestablished.Ourstudyresultscanprovideanappropriatechoiceofaseriesofrectangularseabedfieldforapracticaldesign.