Individual wave overtopping at coastal structures: A critical review and the existing challenges

Conventionally, allowable mean overtopping discharge is used as a design criterion for coastal structures. The needs to be limited ensure structural stability well the safety of people, vehicles, and properties behind structure. Nowadays, limits maximum individual volumes are also specified in manuals, which requires study wave wave-by-wave form. In some cases, order achieve more reliable pedestrians vehicles or assess inner slope, velocity thickness flow need considered well. present paper aims review basic concepts such estimation probability statistical methods distribution volumes. temporal evolutions / along with calculation discussed. Moreover, since continuous recording parameters required overtopping, most common experimental measurement data analysis techniques an emphasis on their advantages limitations