%L scholars4118
%J OCEANS 2014 - TAIPEI
%O 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
%R 10.1109/OCEANS-TAIPEI.2014.6964328
%D 2014
%K Buoyancy; Energy dissipation; Floating breakwaters; Offshore oil well production; Transmissions; Wave transmission, Energy dissipation coefficient; Highly reflective; Hydraulic characteristic; Hydraulic properties; Offshore facilities; Reflection and transmission coefficients; Type structures; Wave reflections, Coastal engineering
%X 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.
%A H.M. Teh
%A K.V. John
%A A.M. Hashim
%I Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
%T Hydraulic investigation of the H-type floating breakwater