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Floating Breakwater Performance Comparison

Year: 1980

Type: article

Abstract: Wave-transmission and mooring-force data of the Tethered-Float Breakwater and Pole-Tire Breakwater (PT-Breakwater) were compared, and the basic costs (without mooring system) of two equivalent breakwaters determined. It was found that, for short-fetch applications, the PT-Breakwater was an order of magnitude less costly than the Tethered-Float Breakwater. The PT-Breakwater is a more effective wave-energy filter than a Tethered-Float Breakwater of equal size. For open ocean conditions neither of these breakwaters has so far been proven to be economically feasible.

Source: Coastal Engineering Proceedings

DOI: 10.9753/icce.v17.128

Author: Volker W. Harms

Institutions: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley

Language: English

Topic: Coastal and Marine Dynamics

Subfield: Earth-Surface Processes

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: U.S. Department of Energy, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, University at Buffalo, New York Sea Grant, State University of New York

Awards: G1702950523, G660437508