WAVE FORCES ON ARMOR BLOCKS
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Keywords

armor blocks
wave forces
forces on armor

How to Cite

Losada, M., Medina, R., & Alejo, M. (1988). WAVE FORCES ON ARMOR BLOCKS. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(21), 184. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v21.184

Abstract

Experimental measurements of hydrodynamic forces on a cubic block near the bottom under solitary waves were carried out. Horizontal and vertical forces were recorded and instantaneous and averaged values of hydrodynamic coefficients CD, C,, and C,_ for different boundary conditions, gap between block and bottom, e, and two or three-dimensional flow, were obtained. Horizontal and vertical forces were found to depend strongly on e/D, where D is the block side . Instantaneous values of hydrodynamic coefficients vary considerably during the wave passage and differ appreciably from the averaged coefficients.
https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v21.184
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