DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR A TETRAPOD BREAKWATER
The paper addresses two important considerations in optimizing the cross-section design of a tetrapod breakwater: the shape and weight of the concrete breakwater cap and the related stability of the harbor-side armor units under wave overtopping conditions, the simultaneous selection of the optimum combination of the design wave height, the tetrapod form size, and the concrete density. The breakwater cross-sections discussed have a 4 on 3 seaward slope of concrete tetrapod armor units, a massive concrete cap, and prototype crest heights ranging from + 7.0 to + 9.9 meters above the wave still water line.
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Supplemental Notes:
- Ports '77, Annual Symposium of the Waterway, Port Coastal and Ocean Division of ASCE, 4th, Long Beach, California, March 9.11, 1977.
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Corporate Authors:
American Society of Civil Engineers
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Authors:
- Czerniak, M T
- Collins, J I
- Conference:
- Publication Date: 1977
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 178-195
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Breakwaters; Mathematical models; Optimization; Port structures; Structural design; Water waves; Wave height
- Old TRIS Terms: Breakwater design; Tetrapod breakwaters
- Subject Areas: Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00174276
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Engineering Index
- Report/Paper Numbers: Vol. 1
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: May 31 1978 12:00AM