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FLOATING BREAKWATER FOR RESERVOIR MARINAS
Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1970 The concept of multiple use of reservoirs is resulting in the construction of marinas for recreational boating requiring breakwaters that can function for a large range of water levels A typical set of design criteria is an average water depth of 20 to 25 feet, wave lengths from S to 60 feet (wave periods of from 1 to 4 seconds) and wave heights from J
Kenneth Chen, R L Wiegel
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On the Floating Breakwater – a New Arrangement
Coastal Engineering 1986, 1986 A new type of floating breakwater composed of net-tubes and buoy-balls is presented in this paper. A series of model studies have been carried out for several arrangements of this structure. As wave damping effect is concerned, a case that the structure being set vertically is shown to be better than the one being set horizontally, while more than two ...
C.H. Lee, S.W. Twu
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Shock and Vibration, 2023 This study presents the design of an integrated floating breakwater-wind turbine device. The hydrodynamic performance was evaluated in a two-dimensional water tank under typical operating conditions to investigate its kinematic response and wave ...
Jianting Guo +3 more
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Numerical simulation of fixed/floating structure through-type turbulence flow field
Zhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu, 2022 ObjectivesIn order to reveal the mechanism of perforated fixed and floating structure through-type flow fields in local high turbulence, breaking waves and fluid separation, three types of typical active/passive perforated structures (gushing floating ...
Jiajun WU +3 more
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DESAIN KONSEPTUAL DARI KOMBINASI FLOATING BREAKWATER DAN ATTENUATOR [PDF]
, 2023 Ocean waves are a more predictable resource with a higher energy density compared to the sun and wind. Wave energy is also a type of renewable energy and is the largest estimated form of global resource from Ocean Energy. One of the Renewable Energies is
Dengen, Raina Shelomita +2 more
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FLEXIBLE POROUS FLOATING BREAKWATERS
Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1968 Observation of the effect of towed rafts of pulpwood on lake and ocean waves led to a systematic investigation at model scale. An empirical equation compatible with wave theory was devised and lines representing this equation together with points representing experimental results are shown for different conditions.
R. J. Kennedy, J. Marsalek
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Advances in Civil Engineering, 2020 Although breakwaters are of great importance to damp the wave energy and protect floating vessels/facilities, they are not fully successful in reducing the waves’ height.
Parviz Ghadimi +2 more
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Effects of a breakwater on a floating solar farm in heading and oblique waves [PDF]
Floating photovoltaic (FPV) solar farms have gained significant research and industrial interest in recent years. However, to support its deployment in abundant ocean space, FPV is required to be protected against wave loading.
Huang, Luofeng +5 more
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Floating Breakwater Performance Comparison [PDF]
Coastal Engineering 1980, 1980 Wave-transmission and mooring-force data of the Tethered-Float Breakwater and Pole-Tire Breakwater (PT-Breakwater) were compared, and the basic costs (without mooring system) of two equivalent breakwaters determined. It was found that, for short-fetch applications, the PT-Breakwater was an order of magnitude less costly than the Tethered-Float ...
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Hybrid floating breakwater-WEC system:A review [PDF]
, 2019 Ocean wave energy is attractive for its large reserves, exploitability and low emissions. Although many Wave Energy Converter (WEC) concepts have been proposed, high construction cost hinders the engineering application of WECs.
Zhao, X. L. +4 more
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