Print Email Facebook Twitter Hydraulic performance of berm breakwaters Title Hydraulic performance of berm breakwaters Author Jensen, O.J. Sorensen, T. Corporate name TU Delft Project Berm Breakwaters Date 1989-01-01 Abstract Rubble mOlJnd breakwaters have been used for centuries for the protection of harbours. In many cases breakwaters were built in relatively deep water and exposed to waves too severe in relation to the size of rock used for construction. Furthermore, they were often built with a steep slope, and consequently, severe damage occurred. In some cases, breakwaters have been repaired by a continuous supply of stones until an almost stable equilibrium slope developed. In this way, the breakwaters at Cherbourg, Plymouth and Holyhead, Refs. /2/ & /3/ were developed. At certain places in nature the same may be observed for gravel beaches, where the available material by wave and tidal action is reshaped until an almost equilibrium situation occurs. In recent years, the concept of unconventional rubble mound breakwaters, i.e. berm breakwaters, has gained much attention among researchers and engineers as an economical method to build breakwaters at certain sites. At DHI, the principle of berm breakwaters was first used in 1978 for the Skopun Breakwater Extension, Faroe Islands . Subject berm breakwaters Classification TPG110210 To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:a0a3de7a-553b-4ddd-aca0-84546fbdf65f Publisher ASCE Source berm breakwaters, workshop at NRC, Canada, Ottawa, isbn0872626636 Part of collection Hydraulic Engineering Reports Document type report Rights © 1989 O.J. Jensen, T. Sorensen Files PDF TPG11021071.pdf 498.17 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:a0a3de7a-553b-4ddd-aca0-84546fbdf65f/datastream/OBJ/view