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The paper reports experimental data on the height of water impingement on a vertical wall during wave reflection due to discontinuity decay above an even bottom and a bottom drop. It is shown that for a bore type wave with a roller in its head, propagating over finite‐depth water, the impingement height is proportional to the initial difference in free‐surface level. In the case of a “dry bottom” in the tail water, this is also true for other types of waves formed during discontinuity decay.
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Bukreev, V.I. Water Impingement on a Vertical Wall due to Discontinuity Decay Above a Drop. Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics 44, 59–63 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021777613122
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