LARGE SCALE BUBBLE BREAKWATER EXPERIMENTS

The experimental data presented implies that creating a bubble curtain can reduce or kill wave height thereby producing a breakwater. The experiments presented were achieved with twenty-five foot depth, one foot wave heights and up to forty foot wave lengths. Formulae and predictions for quantity of air required and depth of the air curtain were shown to follow the experimental evidence well enough to lead the author to extrapolate his predictions to other wave lengths.

• Corporate Authors:

  Foxlow Publications Limited

  19 Harcourt Street
  London W1H 2AX,   England 
• Authors:
  • Bulson, P S
• Publication Date: 1963-10

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 191-197
• Serial:
  • DOCK AND HARBOUR AUTHORITY

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Breakwaters; Damping (Physics); Structural design
• Old TRIS Terms: Air bubbling systems; Breakwater design
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00048057
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Maritime Research Center, Galveston
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1973 12:00AM