Title :
Wave interactions with a floating breakwater
Author :
Hee Min Teh ; Mohammed, N.I.
Author_Institution :
Civil Eng. Dept., Univ. Teknol. PETRONAS, Tronoh, Malaysia
Abstract :
The present paper describes the hydraulic performance of a newly developed floating breakwater in regular waves. Laboratory tests were conducted with the aim of determining the wave transmission, reflection and energy dissipation characteristics of the breakwater model under various wave conditions. A comparison of wave attenuation ability between the present breakwater and other breakwater designs with similar geometrical criteria has been made. In addition, wave interactions with the breakwater are also explored with respect to the effect of wave steepness and water depth.
Keywords :
design engineering; hydraulic systems; structural engineering; waves; breakwater design; energy dissipation; floating breakwater; geometrical criteria; hydraulic performance; water depth; wave attenuation ability; wave condition; wave interaction; wave reflection; wave steepness; wave transmission; Floating breakwater; energy loss; wave attenuation; wave reflection;
Conference_Titel :
Humanities, Science and Engineering (CHUSER), 2012 IEEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
Kota Kinabalu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4615-3
DOI :
10.1109/CHUSER.2012.6504286
