INVESTIGATION OF A SUBMERGED WAVE ATTENUATION SYSTEM FOR OFFSHORE DEEP WATER OIL TERMINALS

Scale model tests, preliminary designs and cost estimates of a unique breakwater device were performed. Results, with respect to wave attenuation performance, future test requirements, prototype configuration and cost fators, are presented.

• Corporate Authors:

  FMC Corporation

  Advanced Products Division
  San Jose, CA  United States  95108
• Publication Date: 1974-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 156 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Breakwaters; Damping (Physics); Deepwater harbors; Offshore structures; Structural design
• Old TRIS Terms: Breakwater design
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00131603
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MA/RD-930-76032 Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: MA-4-37028
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 21 1976 12:00AM