Wave interaction with berm breakwaters

Wave interaction with berm breakwaters is studied by means of a physical model and a numerical model. The physical-model tests have been used to verify the wave motion as calculated by the numerical model. The numerical model based on finite-amplitude shallow-water wave equations is capable of simulating the wave motion both on and inside the...

Berm breakwater structures: Numerical simulation of breaking waves

A two-dimensional numerical model that can simulate plunging waves on permeable structures is described. The 'Volume Of Fluid' method is used to solve the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations (2DV). This enables simulations with very complex shapes of the free surface like those occurring in breaking waves. The model has been extended with...

Recent Italian Experience in the Design and Construction of Vertical Breakwaters

Italy is often considered as a mother country of vertical breakwaters for harbour protection, since they have been widely used all along our coasts long since. An updated location map is given in fig. 1, which also shows the position of the directional wave recording stations of the existing Italian network. The most common vertical breakwaters...