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Coastal engineering

limit stating that a solitary wave breaks when its height reaches about 0.78 times the still water depth.

In coastal engineering, McCowan breaking criterion refers to limit stating that a solitary wave breaks when its height reaches about 0.78 times the still water depth. This meaning comes from McCowan (1894) in The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science.[1]

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References

McCowan, J. (1894). Xxxix. On the highest wave of permanent type. The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, 38(233), 351-358. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786449408620643

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