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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021 This paper investigates the effectiveness of floating breakwaters consisting of two barges (L-shape), three barges (U-shape), four barges (barge frame), and conventional single floating breakwater.
Chi Zhang, Allan R. Magee
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Evaluation of wave loads on a new type of perforated caisson [PDF]
, 2016 Permission is granted by ICE Publishing to print one copy for personal use. Any other use of these PDF files is subject to reprint fees.A new type of perforated breakwater has been tested combining the advantages of cylindrical geometry with stepped wave
Lopez-Gutierrez, Jose Santos +3 more
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Stability Analysis of Concrete Block Anchor on Steep-Slope Floating Breakwater
Fluids, 2022 The floating breakwater is a protective structure that can absorb waves and can be used effectively in coastal areas with moderate wave environmental conditions.
Sujantoko +3 more
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Improved Hydrodynamic Performance of Stepped-Slope floating Breakwater using Submerged Horizontal Plate [PDF]
Port Said Engineering Research Journal, 2017 Recently, the investigations on the hydrodynamic performance of floating breakwaters have great interest toresearchers because of its high advantages in protecting marinas and small craft harbors.
Ehab Tolba, Elsayed Galal, A. Abou seeda
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Time-domain hydrodynamic analysis of pontoon-plate floating breakwater
Water Science and Engineering, 2012 The hydrodynamic behaviors of a floating breakwater consisting of a rectangular pontoon and horizontal plates are studied theoretically. The fluid motion is idealized as two-dimensional linear potential flow.
Zhi-jie Chen +3 more
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Experimental study on configuration optimization of floating breakwaters [PDF]
, 2016 In this paper, four types of floating breakwaters (FB) are proposed: cylindrical floating breakwater (CFB), porous floating breakwater (PFB), mesh cage floating breakwater type-I (MCFB-I) and mesh cage floating breakwater type-II (MCFB-II).
Chen, Xiang +4 more
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Research on Wave Attenuation Performance of Floating Breakwater
Energies, 2021 In this study, a new type of double-pontoon floating breakwater was designed to improve the wave attenuation performance through the addition of suspended Savonius propeller-blade.
Hao Li +3 more
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Experimental study of a new type of floating breakwater [PDF]
, 2015 A new type of floating breakwater (FB) is proposed in this paper. Its hydrodynamic performance has been tested. The structure of the new breakwater named cylindrical floating breakwater (CFB) consists of two parts: a main body of rigid cylinders, and a ...
Chen, Xiang +4 more
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Experimental investigation of a triple pontoon wave energy converter and breakwater hybrid system
IET Renewable Power Generation, 2021 In this paper, a novel hybrid wave energy converter (WEC)‐floating breakwater system consisting of three floating pontoons with power take‐off (PTO) modules is developed to extract wave energy from heave motion and attenuate waves to protect the coast ...
Wei Peng +5 more
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Coastal Engineering 1968, 1968 The general objective of this investigation is to determine the wave damping characteristics of model floating breakwaters designed to reduce incident wave heights by processes of wave reflection, wave interference, forced instability of incident waves and turbulence action.
A. Brebner, A.O. Ofuya
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