TITLE:
Small Scale Field Experiment on Breaking Wave Pressure on Vertical Breakwaters
AUTHORS:
Paolo Boccotti, Vincenzo Fiamma, Giuseppe Barbaro, Luigi Collia
KEYWORDS:
Impulsive Breaking Wave Pressure, Vertical Breakwater, Small Scale Field Experiment, Breakwater Failure
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Marine Science,
Vol.5 No.4,
October
16,
2015
ABSTRACT: A small scale field
experiment (SSFE) was performed on vertical breakwaters in the surf zone. The
following are some of the findings. Wind seas may yield breaking wave pressure
notwithstanding some large deepwater wave steepness, and small elevation of the
wall above the mean water level. Caisson breakwaters can withstand some
exceptionally high impulsive force peaks (even twice the weight in still
water); whereas, with the same sea state and weight, a breakwater composed of
layers of solid concrete blocks is destroyed.