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Civil Engineering · Q20

Docks And Harbor Engineering

Engineering and GATE · Civil Engineering · question 20

Q20

When a wave strikes a vertical breakwater in deep water, it is reflected back and on meeting another advancing wave of similar amplitude merges and rises vertically in a wall of water. This phenomenon is called

A.
Surf
B.
Clapotis
Answer
C.
Fetch
D.
Swell

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
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