Model Tests of Floating Breakwaters

1992 ◽  
pp. 371-380
Author(s):  
J. Rytkönen ◽  
P. Broas
Keyword(s):  
Model Tests ◽  
Floating Breakwaters

Influence of Air Entrappment on Flood Embankment Failure Mechanism - Model Tests

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (-1) ◽  
pp. 188-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Bogacz ◽  
Jarosława Kaczmarek ◽  
Danuta Leśniewska
Keyword(s):  
Failure Mechanism ◽  
Model Tests ◽  
Mechanism Model

Ersatz Model Tests

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart Jarvis ◽  
James Sharpe
Keyword(s):  
Model Tests

scholarly journals Representative Transmission Coefficient for Evaluating the Wave Attenuation Performance of 3D Floating Breakwaters in Regular and Irregular Waves

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 388
Author(s):  
Huu Phu Nguyen ◽  
Jeong Cheol Park ◽  
Mengmeng Han ◽  
Chien Ming Wang ◽  
Nagi Abdussamie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transmission Coefficient ◽  
Wave Height ◽  
Wave Attenuation ◽  
Transmitted Wave ◽  
Irregular Waves ◽  
Hydrodynamic Analysis ◽  
Evaluation Approach ◽  
Floating Breakwater ◽  
Floating Breakwaters ◽  
Evaluation Approaches

Wave attenuation performance is the prime consideration when designing any floating breakwater. For a 2D hydrodynamic analysis of a floating breakwater, the wave attenuation performance is evaluated by the transmission coefficient, which is defined as the ratio between the transmitted wave height and the incident wave height. For a 3D breakwater, some researchers still adopted this evaluation approach with the transmitted wave height taken at a surface point, while others used the mean transmission coefficient within a surface area. This paper aims to first examine the rationality of these two evaluation approaches via verified numerical simulations of 3D heave-only floating breakwaters in regular and irregular waves. A new index—a representative transmission coefficient—is then presented for one to easily compare the wave attenuation performances of different 3D floating breakwater designs.

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