NEW CONCEPTS IN FLOATING BREAKWATER DESIGN

Several different types of floating breakwaters are presented and described. The concept of each design is explained, and the components of each system are described, as are the materials which make up their construction. Advantages of each type of breakwater are also given, and their construction, arrangement, testing results and principle of operation are included in the article.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This article was taken from a conference on Floating Breakwaters held in Newport, Rhode Island in 1974.
• Corporate Authors:

  Gulf Publishing Company

  Box 2608
  Houston, TX  United States  77001
• Publication Date: 1974-10

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 61-72
• Serial:
  • Ocean Industry
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Gulf Publishing Company

Subject/Index Terms

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

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00084518
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Maritime Research Center, Kings Point
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 1 1975 12:00AM