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    Influence of Dredged Channels on Wave Penetration into ¥~bors: ‘The Malamocco Inlet Care Gian-Mario Beltrami’, Paolo De Girolamo”, Giulia Pellegrini’ Abstract ‘A natural or dredged channel extending outwards an harbor entrance may strongly influence wave penetration into the harbor itself. Bottom reftaction and diffraction ‘induced by the channet boundary slopes can actuslly cause either concentration or dispersion of wave energy at the harbor entrances, depending on the direction of incoming waves. Wave penetration may therefore depend on directional spreading of ‘incoming wave energy more than on is frequency spreading. The present paper illustrates the results of an investigation carried out on the Malamocco inlet of tho: Venice lagoon - Tialy - by means of a 2D fully elliptic mild-slope equstion FEM. model, alongside « study intended to support a barsier-system design aimed ai protecting Venice from storm-surge flooding. Being characterized by a natucal channel extending outwards its entrance actually makes this inlot 2 particularly suitable case of study. Both frequency and directional spreading have been simulated bby means ofthe superposition principle ether taking into account or not taking into. 7 ‘account wave breaking. The results confirm the smoothing effect on both ‘soncentration and fing, ancl show ‘Changes in botiom topography due to the presence of natural or dredged approach channel at harbor entrances affect wave propagation toward and into the harbor, © ‘mainly duc to the effect of bottom wave refraction and diffraction. In particular, Whilst wave attemuation is to be expected in the channel for waves traveling along 0.19 Hz) and lower (<0.09 Hz) frequencies opportunely redistributed within this range (Fig. 4). The reconsticted ‘spectrum has been divided in five areas of equal Af interval. Five frequency components were therefore considered so that O 106 COASTAL STRUCTURES 2003 ‘seve ouaeesecseRRe ‘os oo oF 3s 1a ‘Fig. 4: Example of original and reconstructed spectrum of the incoming waves (Physical experiment n.12). Eee Sisuow aa =H, © ‘The frequency (ie. the period 7)) corresponding to the center of each area vat attributed to the energy (Le. the wave height represented by the arca itself "The resulting wave field was given by linearly superimposing the wave fields resulting from the propagation of each frequency component. In particular, the wave height at each point ofthe domain has been expressed as, Fig. 5: Integration domain boundary used for simulating ofthe physical experiment n.12 ES i i. _, RED : RE anya? @ 5 Fig. 6 Test 12, Comparison between the numericel and physical ‘model resuits (section atthe barrier-system). Directional spreadteg. Assuming a disectional spreading fanction of the type cos", thas made it possible to define the directional spreading coefficients as { | Prato 1 ate 8 -! : BS a GO)=G,_foos(Od0 of foros] ® 3 pe be eae an : sy Five directional components have been considered for each dominant direction. The qi 4 old ‘wave field has been then given by linearly superimposing the wave fields resulting wee fom the propagation ofeach cireonal component In parca, te wave Belg = eae: ceach point of the domain has been expressed as HP )=4, prec ) @ Fig. 7: Test n.12, Comparison between the numerical and physical ‘model resuits (section along a domain exis). Ditectlonal spreading with breaking. A specific iterative procedure has been ised to ‘ake into account the effect of breaking in the directional ‘calculation, The procedure has been based on the breaking criterion by Battjes and Jansen (1978), as ‘described by De Girolamo ef af (1988) and Beltrami etal, (2001), and is as follows. ‘Assuming the breaking dissipation factor field equal to zero (a) makes it possible to calculate the wave fields corresponding to each directional component (b). These fields are linearly superimposed to give the directionally spread wave field (c). CCelculating the new breaking dissipation factor field on the basis of this directionally spread wave field (d) makes then possible to start a new iteration by repetition of ‘ins (b)o (d) until the convergence criterion (Beltrami etal, 2001) satisfied. ‘Numerical simulation results Frequency spreading results, Frequency spreading numerical simulations have been ‘principally carried out in order to check the agreement between the mumerical andthe physical model results. The physical model experiments have been carried out by PROTECNO at Voltabarozzp (Italy) in scale 1:80. Two unidirectional physical ‘experiments (H;°3.0 m, 75-80 s) have been in particular numerically simulated: one characterized by waves propagating along the direction 125°N (test 12), and one by ‘waves propagating along the direction 105°N (test 2.39). Figure 5 shows the {integration domain boundary used for the numerical simulation of test n.12, together. With the location of the wave gauges used in the physical experiment. This domain bas been diseetized by a number of clements sufficient to guarantee a minimurn of 8 odes for wave-length in correspondence to the higher frequency of the reconstructed spectrum (Fig. 4). Figures 6 and 7 illustrate the comparison between the numerical ‘and the physical model results (test n-12) at a section along the barier system, and at « section along the axis of the domain of integration, It should be noticed thatthe ‘comparison has shown a generally good egrecment botween the numerical and the physical model output. Directonal spreading results. A domain which covers all the needed directions (Le. from 60°N 10 130°N) has been designed in order to carry out the directional spreading simulations, Figure 8 illustrates boundaries and botiom topography of the ‘dopted integration domain. This domain has been discretized by a mumber of elements sufficient to guarantee # minimum of 10-12 nodes for wave-length in correspondence to the lower wave-period simulated A toial absorption condition (R0.0) has been imposed along the boundary that separates the inner finite from the outer semi-infinite sea region - as well as along the barrier system (assumed open) ~ whilst & partial (0.0

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