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Solitary waves are often used in laboratory experiments to study tsunamis propagation and interaction with coasts. However, the experimental shape of the waves may differ from the theoretical one. In this paper, a correction technique aiming at minimizing the discrepancies between the two profiles is presented. Laboratory experiments reveal their effectiveness in correcting the experimental shape of solitary waves, mainly for low nonlinearities.
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This work was carried out under the FP7 EU-funded research project SIM.COAST (Numerical Simulation Tools for Protection of Coasts against Flooding and Erosion.) and FIRB 2008-FUTURO IN RICERCA (Design, construction and operation of the Submarine Multidisciplinary Observatory experiment), funded by the Italian Ministry for University and Scientific Research (MIUR).
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Romano, A., Guerrini, M., Bellotti, G. et al. Laboratory generation of solitary waves: An inversion technique to improve available methods. China Ocean Eng 28, 57–66 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13344-014-0004-9
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