Berm breakwater structures: Roundhead stability of berm breakwaters

Juhl, J.; Alikhani, A.; Sloth, P.; Archetti, R.

Berm breakwater structures: Roundhead stability of berm breakwaters

Title

Berm breakwater structures: Roundhead stability of berm breakwaters

Author

Juhl, J.
Alikhani, A.
Sloth, P.
Archetti, R.

Corporate name

TU Delft

Project

Berm Breakwaters

Date

1996-05-10

Abstract

For berm breakwaters as compared with traditional rubble mound breakwaters, special measures have to be taken for the breakwater roundhead. If stone displacements occur on a roundhead, the stones will be moved in the wave direction and will loose most of their stabilising effect. The major part of the research on berm breakwaters has concentrated on the reshaping of the seaward side of the trunk under perpendicular wave attack. Only a little research has been made to study the stability of berm breakwater roundheads (eg Burcharth and Frigaard, Jensen and Sorensen, and Van der Meer and Veldman). Comprehensive three-dimensional (3D) model tests were carried out to study the reshaping of the roundhead as function of the wave conditions (wave height and wave period) and the angle of wave incidence. The reshaping process and the movements of stones on the berm were analysed based on both profile measurements and observations.

Subject

berm breakwaters
roundhead

Classification

TPG110210

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Publisher

DHI

Source

Proceedings Third Workshop MAST3, Stavanger, 10-11 May 1996

Part of collection

Hydraulic Engineering Reports