Deformation of reef breakwaters and wave transmission
In: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE): New York, N.Y.. ISSN 0733-950X; e-ISSN 1943-5460, more
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| Keywords |
Damage
Wave overtopping
Wave transmission
Marine/Coastal |
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Reef breakwaters; Rubble mounds |
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- Innovative coastal technologies for safer European coasts in a changing climate, more
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- Kobayashi, N.
- Pietropaolo, J.
- Melby, J.A.
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| Abstract |
The risk-based design of a reef breakwater requires the prediction of the temporal variations of the damage and wave transmission coefficient during storms. The cross-shore numerical model is extended to the landward zone of wave transmission. The extended model is compared with 148 tests for a reef breakwater with a narrow crest at or above the still water level where the narrow crest was lowered by wave action. The model is also compared with an experiment on a wide-crested submerged breakwater in which the crest height increased during 20 h wave action. The damage, crest height and wave transmission coefficient are predicted reasonably well but the damaged profile is not predicted accurately. |
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