A Laboratory Experimentation on the Interactions Between Water Waves and Soft Clay Beds

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Abstract
Wave tank experiments are conducted to measure the wave damping of water waves propagating in a constant water overlaying an underconsolidated clay bed. It is found that water waves attenuate at a maximum rate when the bottom pressure steepness is about twice the vertical gradient of shear strength of the clay bed. The wave length is also affected by the motion of the clay bed. The phenomena of soil mass transport in soft clay bed during the passage of nonlinear water waves are observed and quantified in a laboratory soil-wave tank for the first time. Also shear strength profiles and soil particle motions for several bed conditions are measured.

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