Reliability Assessment of Breakwaters.

Abstract

In this report, several level II reliability techniques are discussed and applied to breakwater design. Using these methods, the reliability and reliability index are determined for the dominant performance functions of a breakwater including stone and concrete armor stability, concrete armor structural response, runup, and overflopping. The methods include Taylor series finite difference (TSFD) methods, which are shown to be easily computed using a handheld calculator or spreadsheet. The TSFD method is shown to yield reasonable accuracy for preliminary comparison of various alternatives. An invariant iterative TSFD method and associated FORTRAN program are shown, which provide an improved approximation to the reliability for design and evaluation purposes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA327044

Entities

People

  • Jeffrey A. Melby
  • Paul F. Mlakar

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Breakwaters
  • Civil Engineering
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Concrete
  • Engineers
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Materials
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Reliability
  • Structural Response
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.