Estimation of Flow through Offshore Breakwater Gaps Generated by Wave Overtopping.

Abstract

This report presents a method for estimating the net flow through the gaps of offshore segmented breakwaters caused by wave overtopping of the breakwaters. The method was developed so that either monochromatic or irregular waves can be specified. Example problems illustrate the effects of wave height and period, breakwater freeboard, spacing between breakwaters, and shore attachment on the flow rate. Computations may be done manually or by using the computer program, BWFLOW2, available from the Corps of Engineers Computer Library, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA097986

Entities

People

  • Todd L. Walton Jr.
  • William N. Seelig

Organizations

  • Coastal Engineering Research Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attachment
  • Breakwaters
  • Civil Engineering
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Coefficients
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Equations
  • Flow Rate
  • Regions
  • Shore Protection
  • Shores
  • United States
  • Waterways

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Computer Vision.

Technology Areas

  • Space