Computer aided evaluation of the reliability of a breakwater design

The risk~analysis offers a method to determine the probability that an important function of a structure is no longer fulfilled (failure or malfunctioning). This probability should be selected having in mind the minimization of the generalized cost of the structure and the maximization of its utility (Minimax). Comparison of the contribution of...

Harbour of Saldanha Bay: Composite type breakwater - Stability of breakwater and fore-shore

On request of the companies Ballast Nedam and Havenwerken BV, Amsterdam, the Delft Hydraulics Laboratory has carried out some tests on a composite type breakwater for the harbour of Saldanha Bay, South-Africa, as an alternative of the original design of a spending beach. The tests served to establish a preliminary design of a breakwater cross...