Print Email Facebook Twitter Breakwater stability with damaged single layer armour units Title Breakwater stability with damaged single layer armour units Author De Rover, R. Verhagen, H.J. Van den Berge, A. Reedijk, B. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Hydraulic Engineering Date 2008-01-01 Abstract The effect of single layer interlocking armour unit breakage on the hydraulic armour layer stability and potential damage progression is addressed in this paper. A 2-dimensional scale model of a rubble mound breakwater with an armour layer consisting of Xbloc armour units was tested. The residual armour layer stability with broken units was determined. The armour unit displacement and damage progression was assessed. According to the test series breakage of the single layer armour units has a significant negative effect on start of damage of the armour layer. Breakage of units has however no significant effect on failure of the armour layer. This leads to a long and gradual damage progression compared to an armour layer without broken units. Subject breakwaterxblocstructural damagearmour units To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:8a288e06-5f38-4bc3-8716-5e823da6ff06 Publisher World Scientific ISBN 978-981-427736-5 Source Coastal Engineering 2008: Proceedings of the 31th International Conference, Hamburg, Germany, 31 August - 5 September 2008 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2008 TU Delft and BAM Files PDF DeRover-ICCE2008.pdf 350.45 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:8a288e06-5f38-4bc3-8716-5e823da6ff06/datastream/OBJ/view