Berm breakwater structures: Berm breakwater trunk exposed to oblique waves

Alikhani, A.; Tomasicchio, R.G.; Juhl, J.

Berm breakwater structures: Berm breakwater trunk exposed to oblique waves

Title

Berm breakwater structures: Berm breakwater trunk exposed to oblique waves

Author

Alikhani, A.
Tomasicchio, R.G.
Juhl, J.

Corporate name

TU Delft

Project

Berm Breakwaters

Date

1996-01-01

Abstract

The major part of the research on berm breakwaters has concentrated on the berm reshaping of a trunk section exposed to head-on waves. Recent research included aspects related to individual stone movements under perpendicular wave attack (eg Tomasicchio et al). For a berm breakwater trunk section consisting of berm stones smaller than a certain size, the stones will continue to move in the wave direction (longshore transport) when the breakwater is exposed to oblique waves. Only a little research has been made to study the effect of oblique waves on the reshaping and longshore transport of berm breakwaters (eg Burcharth and Frigaard, and Van der Meer and Veldman). A series of comprehensive model tests and subsequent analyses were carried out with the aim to study the influence of wave obliquity on the reshaping process, on the initiation of longshore transport, and on the longshore transport rate. The model set-up and test programme are described in Juhl et al.

Subject

berm breakwaters
oblique waves

Classification

TPG110210

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Publisher

DHI

Source

Proceedings Third Workshop MAST3, Stavanger, 10-11 May 1996 (Final abstract)

Part of collection

Hydraulic Engineering Reports