2015 Volume 71 Issue 2 Pages I_43-I_48
In this study, imaging experiments for measuring free-surface shapes of run-up dambreak waves and fluid velocity distributions on the basis of Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF) and Super-Resolution Particle Imaging Velocimetry (SRPIV) were performed with aim to identify kinetic features of the run-up flows depending on slop angles. Organized patterns of the rotational shear flows are found to be formed in the bottom and surface boundary layers behind the wave front, which provides mechanical effects to provide typical blob-like surface shape in the wave front as well as wavy surface form behind it.