Performance of solid and perforated U-type breakwaters under regular and irregular waves


Gunaydin K., Kabdaşlı M. S.

OCEAN ENGINEERING, cilt.31, sa.11-12, ss.1377-1405, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 11-12
  • Basım Tarihi: 2004
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2004.02.002
  • Dergi Adı: OCEAN ENGINEERING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1377-1405
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: U-type breakwater, wave transmission, wave reflection, energy loss, regular wave, irregular wave, experiment, flume, VERTICAL THIN BARRIERS, REFLECTION, TRANSMISSION, SCATTERING, WALL
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

An experimental investigation of U-type breakwaters was carried out in a laboratory channel. Both regular and irregular waves were used during testing. Two types of breakwaters such as solid and perforated were studied to analyse the porosity effect of structures. In order to investigate performance of these breakwaters for different immersion depths, four depths of immersions of the solid and perforated breakwaters were selected. Different wave groups were generated over these breakwaters, and the transmission, reflection and energy dissipation characteristics of each breakwater were determined. Three coefficients such as transmission, reflection and energy dissipation coefficients, which were named as C, C-r, and C-1, respectively, were used during the evaluation of the test results. The most important parameters governing performance of these breakwaters were determined by using earlier investigations and experimental results. These parameters were expressed as a dimensionless group by using pi theory. Based on the test results, empirical expressions were formulated to describe the C-1, C-r, and C-1 for different immersion depths of solid and perforated breakwaters under regular and irregular waves. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.