Addressing the issues of poor visibility and high elevation at the forefront of the wave wall on the top of the embankment,an experimental study on the wave forces acting on the embankment wave wall under irregular waves is conducted through physical modeling tests.The horizontal wave forces and uplift forces on the wave wall are systematically measured under different wave parameters,water depths,and wave wall positions,and compared with the calculated values obtained from established formulas.The experimental results indicate that,under the test conditions,the relative pressure exerted by irregular waves on the wave-facing side of the wave wall initially increases and then decreases as the relative height of the wave wall increases,peaking at a relative height of approximately 0.5,with no discernible pattern in the distribution of relative pressure at the bottom.Due to the wave dissipation effect of the revetment project,the measured values of total horizontal wave force and uplift force are lower than the theoretical values.The total horizontal wave force and uplift force generally increase with the increase in wave period,wave height,and water depth in front of the wall.When the relative position of the wave wall is moved backward by 0.1,the total horizontal wave force decreases by about 14%,and the uplift force decreases by about 5%.The force distribution patterns of the wave wall are summarized,providing a reference for practical engineering design.