REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS OF POROUS RUBBLE-MOUND BREAKWATERS

This report presents the results of a study of the reflection and transmission characteristics of porous rubble-mound breakwaters. An attempt was made at making the procedures entirely self-contained by introducing empirical relationships for the hydraulic characteristics of the porous material and by establishing experimentally an empirical relationship for the friction factor that expresses energy dissipation on the seaward slope of a breakwater. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Department of Civil Engineering, 77 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02139
• Authors:
  • Madsen, O S
  • White, S M
• Publication Date: 1976-3

Media Info

• Pagination: 141 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Breakwaters; Coefficients; Reflection; Rubble mound breakwaters; Waves
• Old TRIS Terms: Wave reflection coefficient
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00138548
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: CERC-MR-76-5 Miscel Rpt
• Contract Numbers: DACW72-74-C-0001
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 4 1976 12:00AM