CYLINDRICAL CAISSON BREAKWATER: STRAIN MODEL TESTS
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Keywords

model test
strain test
cylinder
caisson breakwater
breakwater design

How to Cite

Gravesen, H., Brodersen, F. P., Larsen, J. S., & Lundgren, H. (1976). CYLINDRICAL CAISSON BREAKWATER: STRAIN MODEL TESTS. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(15), 137. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v15.137

Abstract

The distribution of shook pressures on a vertical face breakwater is so random from one shock to the next that the determination of the internal forces in a thin-balled reinforced-concrete structure is difficult even when a large number of pressure cells is used in a model test. Therefore a technique has been developed that allows the direct determination of the internal stresses by means of strain gauges. The new technique has been applied to a breakwater consisting of a series of cylindrical caissons. The results show that a strain gauge model is more advantageous than a pressure cell model because of its simpler data analysis and better determination of the quantities required for design.
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