Hydraulic investigation of the H-type floating breakwater

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-t...

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Main Authors: Teh, H.M., John, K.V., Hashim, A.M.
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Record Id / ISBN-0: utp-eprints.31089 /
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2014
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spelling utp-eprints.310892022-03-25T08:59:24Z Hydraulic investigation of the H-type floating breakwater Teh, H.M. John, K.V. Hashim, A.M. 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. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2014 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84918560601&doi=10.1109%2fOCEANS-TAIPEI.2014.6964328&partnerID=40&md5=c4422f2e284f5faeaa908bd63e96263a Teh, H.M. and John, K.V. and Hashim, A.M. (2014) Hydraulic investigation of the H-type floating breakwater. In: UNSPECIFIED. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/31089/
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description 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.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Teh, H.M.
John, K.V.
Hashim, A.M.
spellingShingle Teh, H.M.
John, K.V.
Hashim, A.M.
Hydraulic investigation of the H-type floating breakwater
author_sort Teh, H.M.
title Hydraulic investigation of the H-type floating breakwater
title_short Hydraulic investigation of the H-type floating breakwater
title_full Hydraulic investigation of the H-type floating breakwater
title_fullStr Hydraulic investigation of the H-type floating breakwater
title_full_unstemmed Hydraulic investigation of the H-type floating breakwater
title_sort hydraulic investigation of the h-type floating breakwater
publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
publishDate 2014
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