INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF BIO-FOULING ON THE PERFORMANCE OF A TETHERED FLOAT BREAKWATER

This report reviews the results of an experiment testing tethered floats in breakwater for fouling. Ten percent of the floats were treated with an anti-fouling paint against the remaining floats that went untreated. The results provided the opportunity to test a theoretical model for the performance alterations caused by bio-fouling.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored in part by California State Dept. of Navigation and Ocean Development, Sacramento.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, San Diego

  Institute of Marine Resources
  La Jolla, CA  United States  92037

  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  Sea Grant Program Office, 6010 Executive Boulevard
  Rockville, MD  United States  20852

  California State Dept of Navigation & Ocean Devel

  Sacramento, CA  United States  95814
• Authors:
  • Seymour, R J
  • Hanes, D M
• Publication Date: 1976-1

Media Info

• Pagination: 22 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Antifouling coatings; Breakwaters; Floating breakwaters; Floating structures; Fouling (Naval architecture); Mathematical models; Oceans; Performance evaluations
• Old TRIS Terms: Floats
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00143652
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: IMR-76-3, NOAA-76051907
• Contract Numbers: NOAA-04-5-158-20
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 17 1977 12:00AM