Berm breakwater structures: Final report: Research summary

A research project on berm breakwater structures was carried out with the overall objective of arriving at a better design basis. Eight European organisations from Denmark, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Norway, Italy and Iceland participated in the joint research project co-sponsored by the European Commission under the second research and...

Berm breakwaters, tailor-made size graded structures

This paper describes the 13 year experience of design and construction of rubble mound berm breakwaters in Iceland. Over twenty berm structures have been constructed since 1983. All berm breakwaters in Iceland have been constructed by local contractors who have developed considerable experience in this type of work. The paper describes the...

Berm breakwater and quarry investigations in Iceland

The paper describes the design philosophy for rubble-mound berm breakwaters. The estimated yield from an armourstone quarry is used as an integrated part of the design in an attempt to optimize the utilization of the quarry. All size grades are used from the quarry.