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This study employed a hydraulic mode experiment to discuss how change took place in the wave filed near the submerged breakwater when irregular waves, regular waves, and multi-directional irregular waves passed through a 1/20 sloping breakwater on conditions of no breaking waves on the submerged breakwater. Moreover, a wave gauge was utilized to measure linearly along the central line of the submerged breakwater, with reference to a periodic incident angle on the slope. Then, measurement results from the analysis were mapped into a two-dimensional drawing, which was utilized to discuss the phenomenon of refraction and diffraction of the central line of the wave field. Moreover, the change in wave form and wave height in front of, above and behind the submerged breakwater were also discussed to further understand how waves in the wave field near the submerged breakwater changed shape. Results from the experiment show that waves passing through the submerged breakwater were affected by the height of the submerged breakwater, which caused reflected waves before the breakwater. On the breakwater, due to shallow bottom, refraction and diffraction, waves, shape changed. And behind the breakwater, as the wave diffraction concentrated and the water was deeper, the waves height became bigger.
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