Summary of velocity measurements at DHI

Tamburic, Z.; Holmes, P.

Summary of velocity measurements at DHI

Title

Summary of velocity measurements at DHI

Author

Tamburic, Z.
Holmes, P.

Corporate name

TU Delft

Project

Berm Breakwaters

Date

1995-01-01

Abstract

A series of comprehensive velocity measurements was carried out on the three dimensional model of the berm breakwater at the Danish Hydraulic Institute (DHI) in September 1995. Those measurements were a part of the research on berm breakwaters within the MAST II programme sponsored by the Commission of the European Communities. The major part of previous research on berm breakwaters has concentrated on the reshaping of a trunk section and stone movements exposed to perpendicular waves. Research at the DHI has been undertaken to study the effect of oblique waves on the reshaping and longshore transport of the trunk and roundhead of the berm breakwater. Since the main cause for these processes is the velocity field around the structure, the velocity measurements have been taken with the aim of studying and analysing the velocity field on the trunk and, especially, around the roundhead under wave attack. Regular waves were used for most of the experiments with one run using irregular waves.

Subject

berm breakwaters
waves
velocity profile

Classification

TPG110210

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Publisher

Imperial College

Source

Proceedings Second Workshop MAST2, Imperial College, 6 October 1995

Part of collection

Hydraulic Engineering Reports