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Wave transmission by suspended pipe breakwater

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Title Wave transmission by suspended pipe breakwater
 
Creator Mani, J.S.
Jayakumar, S.
 
Subject wave propagation
breakwaters
pipes
wave attenuation
wave height
 
Description A suspended pipe Breakwater was designed specifically for fishery/pleasure-craft harbors where moderate wave agitations in the harbor basin are admissible. The present breakwater consists of a row of closely spaced pipes mounted onto a frame and suspended between the support piles spaced far apart. Experimental studies conducted to determine the wave transmission characteristics indicate that by suspending a row of closely spaced pipes (with a gap to diameter ratio of 0.22 and draft to water depth ratio of 0.46), a 5% reduction in incident-wave height can be achieved. The cost and performance of conventionally adopted pile breakwater (involving a row of closely spaced piles driven on the seabed) were compared with the present system. The comparison revealed that the present system can reduce the investiment cost by about 40% and can attenuate waves with the same efficiency as that of a row of closely spaced piles
 
Date 2009-01-25T05:56:07Z
2009-01-25T05:56:07Z
1995
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Journal of the Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Vol.121; 335-344p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2335
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [1995]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
 
Publisher American Society of Civil Engineers