Design and Construction of Rubble Mound Structures: An Introduction

The design and construction of structures for the coast lines of the world must consider numerous forces and factors. These include the purpose of the structure, the design waves, the design wave climate, the material of which the structure is to be built, foundation conditions, earthquakes, tsunamis, availability of construction and maintenance...

Failure of the breakwater at Port Sines, Portugal

The objectives of the Port Sines Investigation Panel were to collect perishable data on and to identify causes of the failure on February 26, 1978, of the rubble mound breakwater at Port Sines, on the Atlantic Coast of Portugal. This report is a result of that investigation. The structure is the largest of its kind in such an exposed environment...

Structural damage by tsunamis

This paper presents a brief discussion of structural damage by tsunamis based primarily on damage produced by recent tsunamis along the northern California coast. Of these recent tsunamis, by far the most damaging was the one of March 1964; which caused approximately $11,000,000 damage at Crescent City, about $300,000 damage at other coastal...