Laboratory experiments on solitary wave interaction with rigid emergent vegetation: some preliminary results

The aim of the present contribution is to present a peculiar experimental set up, designed to investigate the interaction between solitary waves and rigid emergent vegetation. The complexity of the problem required the combined use of different measurement systems of water level and velocity field. Some preliminary results of the experimental investigation, that allow to point out the effect of the vegetation on the propagation of a solitary wave, are also presented.