Computer Based Wave Refraction Analysis for the Air Combat Maneuvering Range (ACMR) Construction Project

摘要

This report presents the results of a computer-based wave refraction analysis which was executed in conjunction with the design of the four marine structures of the U.S. Navy East Coast Air Combat Maneuvering Range, located offshore at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The structures will consist of a three-pile jacket (template) with equalaterally-spaced legs through which steel piles are driven into the seabed. The goal of the wave refraction analysis was to determine if the topographic refraction effect on deep water waves propagating toward shore would produce anomalously high local wave conditions at the proposed tower construction sites. Keywords: Aplitude, Amplification, Orientation (Direction), Directional deviation, Charts.