Water Impingement on a Vertical Wall due to Discontinuity Decay Above a Drop

The paper reports experimental data on the height of water impingement on a vertical wall during wave reflection due to discontinuity decay above an even bottom and a bottom drop. It is shown that for a bore type wave with a roller in its head, propagating over finitedepth water, the impingement height is proportional to the initial difference in freesurface level. In the case of a dry bottom in the tail water, this is also true for other types of waves formed during discontinuity decay.