Abstract
Tidal bore impact can be strong and destructive, placing estuarine infrastructures under great threat. However, there is a lack of research focusing on accurately estimating the impact pressure exerted by tidal bores. Herein new experiments were conducted to investigate the pressure of tidal bore fronts in a glass flume. Through analysis of instantaneous pressure of three forms of tidal bore, it was observed that the pressure fluctuation of weak and strong breaking bore fronts is characterized by impact pressure. The vertical distribution and maximum impact pressure of tidal bore were studied.The maximum impact pressure of breaking bore fronts appeared around 0.46 times height of it. The relationship between relative impact pressure and height of the tidal bore fronts was found to closely follow a normal probability density function. Through nonlinear regression analysis, an empirical equation was derived to calculate impact pressure, which was validated using observation data from the Qiantang River in China. This equation can be utilized to predict the impact pressure of tidal bore fronts and provide valuable support for estuarine engineering design.
Funder
Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province
Joint Funds of Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China and Water Resources Department
Science and Technology Program of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Water Resources
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Key project of Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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