Numerical evaluation of stability methods for rubble mound breakwater toes

Seaports are often protected against waves and currents by rubble mound breakwaters. At the interface between outer breakwater slope and seabed a toe structure is often build, which provides stability to the outer slope. The toe consists of a relatively small heap of rock. Since 1977 dedicated studies are made to the stability of these rock...

Toe structures of rubble mound breakwater: Stability in depth limited conditions

This thesis is about the stability of toe material for rubble mound breakwaters in depth limited conditions. The present equation, Van der Meer 1998, gives results for depth limited conditions but is not validated. The empirical equation is based on physical model tests done by Gerding 1993. The Van der Meer equation implies deep water and...

Toe stability of rubble-mound breakwaters

This Master Thesis contains a study on the stability of the toe structure of rubble-mound breakwaters based on small scale model tests performed in the large wave flume of the Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics of the Faculty of Civil Engineering of Delft University of Technology. In this report the study of Gerding (1993) on the stability of toe...