AIR BUBBLE BREAKWATER

This paper considers one aspect of the effectiveness of a single or repeated air bubble screen as a breakwater for gravitational waves in shallow water. The aspect considered arises from the change in density and compressibility of the bubbly water as compared with normal water outside the screen. The properties of bubbly water are considered first, then the transmission of waves through a single bubble screen, and finally the transmission through a series of equally spaced screens.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Navy Department Bureau of Yards and Docks--Contract NOY-12561.
• Corporate Authors:

  California Institute of Technology

  Hydrodynamics Laboratories
  Pasadena, CA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Schiff, I
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 1-8

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Breakwaters; Damping (Physics); Gravity waves; Navigation; Pneumatic equipment
• Old TRIS Terms: Bubble breakwaters; Pneumatic breakwaters; Shallow water effects
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00051020
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Maritime Research Center, Galveston
• Report/Paper Numbers: N-64.1
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 20 1974 12:00AM