No. 17 (1980), Conference Proceedings
No. 17 (1980)

FLOATING BREAKWATER PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

Conference Proceedings
Published 1980-01-29
Volker W. Harms
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory University of California
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breakwater design
floating breakwater
performance comparison

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FLOATING BREAKWATER PERFORMANCE COMPARISON. (1980). Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(17), 128. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v17.128
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Abstract

Wave-transmission and mooring-force data of the Tethered-Float Breakwater and Pole-Tire Breakwater (PT-Breakwater) were compared, and the basic costs (without mooring system) of two equivalent breakwaters determined. It was found that, for short-fetch applications, the PT-Breakwater was an order of magnitude less costly than the Tethered-Float Breakwater. The PT-Breakwater is a more effective wave-energy filter than a Tethered-Float Breakwater of equal size. For open ocean conditions neither of these breakwaters has so far been proven to be economically feasible.
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