Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2025, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (3): 48-57.doi: 10.11978/2024137CSTR: 32234.14.2024137

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Experimental study on the influence of artificial trapezoidal ecological reefs on the infragravity wave characteristics in complex reefs

NIE Wenjun1(), QU Ke1,2,3(), WANG Chao1, YU Renshi1, LIU Yewenya1   

  1. 1. School of Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha 410114, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Dongting Lake Aquatic Eco-Environmental Control and Restoration of Hunan Province, Changsha 410114, China
    3. Key Laboratory of Water-Sediment Sciences and Water Disaster Prevention of Hunan Province, Changsha 410114, China
  • Received:2024-07-09 Revised:2024-09-01 Online:2025-05-10 Published:2025-06-04
  • Contact: QU Ke
  • Supported by:
    National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFC3103601)

Abstract:

Through physical model tests in the wave flume, the influence of an artificial trapezoidal ecological reef on the infragravity wave characteristics in the complex island reef environment was investigated and compared with the case of no reef. The wave propagation, reflection, and attenuation effects of the artificial trapezoidal ecological reef in the complex island reef terrain were systematically analyzed. The experimental study shows that the wave height was significantly reduced in the rear area of the ecological reef. The ecological reef effectively weakened the wave breaking near the reef, which reduced the wave set-up value, and decreased the wave height of shortwave and low-frequency longwave near the reef. The existence of the ecological reef also helped reduce the maximum run-up of waves on slopes; the amplitude of wave attenuation increased with the decrease of the pore size of the ecological reef. Additionally, when the wave height and spectral peak period of the incident wave increased, the ecological reef had a more pronounced effect on the shortwave wave height, low-frequency longwave wave height and wave set-up. However, with the increase of water depth of the reef flat, the effect of the ecological reef on the weakening of wave energy showed a decreasing trend. The reflection coefficient in the presence of the ecological reef was generally higher than that in its absence.

Key words: ecological reef, infragravity wave, low-frequency longwave, complex reefs, wave characteristics

CLC Number: 

  • P75