Run-up and overtopping video analysis using Timestack methodology

Abstract

This work evaluated a video camera-based technique for measuring wave run-up and identifying overtopping events in three-dimensional physical scale models of rubble-mound breakwaters. Run-up elevations inferred by the Timestack methodology were compared with the traditional measurements obtained by a resistive wave gauge. For both frontal and oblique incident waves, run-up statistical parameters returned by Timestack analysis agreed with the instrument measurements. Moreover, overtopping events were correctly identified. Overall, results indicated the feasibility of a non-intrusive video camera-based technique for hydraulic measurements in physical models.