TY  - CONF
TI  - Hydraulic investigation of the H-type floating breakwater
ID  - scholars4118
KW  - Buoyancy; Energy dissipation; Floating breakwaters; Offshore oil well production; Transmissions; Wave transmission
KW  -  Energy dissipation coefficient; Highly reflective; Hydraulic characteristic; Hydraulic properties; Offshore facilities; Reflection and transmission coefficients; Type structures; Wave reflections
KW  -  Coastal engineering
N2  - Floating breakwaters are commonly used for wave protection of onshore and offshore facilities in the last decade. The majority of the floating breakwaters developed in the past are solid-type structures that have fixed drafts and may be highly reflective to the incoming waves. In this study, the H-type floating breakwater is proposed to serve as a wave attenuator instead of a wave reflector. The buoyancy of the breakwater is controlled by the placement of sandbags in the chamber embedded within the main body of the structure. The study aims to investigate the hydraulic properties of the H-type floating breakwater in random waves via a physical modeling. The hydraulic characteristics of the breakwater are quantified by the reflection and transmission coefficients as well as the energy dissipation coefficient. The experimental results have shown that the H-type floating breakwater is hydraulically efficient and provides high wave attenuation capability when subjected to short-period waves. © 2014 IEEE.
N1  - cited By 3; Conference of OCEANS 2014 MTS/IEEE Taipei Conference: Oceans Regeneration ; Conference Date: 7 April 2014 Through 10 April 2014; Conference Code:109351
AV  - none
A1  - Teh, H.M.
A1  - John, K.V.
A1  - Hashim, A.M.
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84918560601&doi=10.1109%2fOCEANS-TAIPEI.2014.6964328&partnerID=40&md5=c4422f2e284f5faeaa908bd63e96263a
PB  - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
SN  - 9781479936465
Y1  - 2014///
ER  -