UPGRADING BREAKWATERS IN RESPONSE TO SEA LEVEL RISE: PRACTICAL INSIGHTS FROM PHYSICAL MODELLING
No. 36 (2018), Coastal Structures
No. 36 (2018)

UPGRADING BREAKWATERS IN RESPONSE TO SEA LEVEL RISE: PRACTICAL INSIGHTS FROM PHYSICAL MODELLING

Coastal Structures
https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v36.structures.35
Published 2018-12-30
  • Daniel Howe
  • Ron J Cox
Daniel Howe
Ron J Cox
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Howe, D., & Cox, R. J. (2018). UPGRADING BREAKWATERS IN RESPONSE TO SEA LEVEL RISE: PRACTICAL INSIGHTS FROM PHYSICAL MODELLING. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(36), structures.35. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v36.structures.35
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Coastal structures in many parts of the world are typically designed for depth-limited breaking wave conditions. With a projected sea level rise of up to 90 cm by 2100 (Church et al., 2013), the design wave height for these structures is expected to increase. Many of these structures will require significant armour upgrades to accommodate these new design conditions (for example, a 25% increase in wave height will require the mass of similar density armour to be doubled).
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