Hydraulic performance of free surface breakwaters: a Review

This paper introduces the concept of free surface breakwaters for coastal protection. The advantages, limitations and applications of these breakwaters are discussed. Based on their configurations, free surface breakwaters have been classified into four types, namely solid-type, plate-type, caisson-...

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Main Author: H.M., Teh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6473/
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spelling ukm-64732016-12-14T06:41:17Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6473/ Hydraulic performance of free surface breakwaters: a Review H.M., Teh This paper introduces the concept of free surface breakwaters for coastal protection. The advantages, limitations and applications of these breakwaters are discussed. Based on their configurations, free surface breakwaters have been classified into four types, namely solid-type, plate-type, caisson-type and multipart-type. Typical designs of the respective breakwater types are presented and the hydraulic characteristics are reviewed. In addition, comparisons of hydraulic efficiency of some of the free surface breakwaters are also addressed in this paper. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6473/1/14_H.M._Teh.pdf H.M., Teh (2013) Hydraulic performance of free surface breakwaters: a Review. Sains Malaysiana, 42 (9). pp. 1301-1310. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/
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description This paper introduces the concept of free surface breakwaters for coastal protection. The advantages, limitations and applications of these breakwaters are discussed. Based on their configurations, free surface breakwaters have been classified into four types, namely solid-type, plate-type, caisson-type and multipart-type. Typical designs of the respective breakwater types are presented and the hydraulic characteristics are reviewed. In addition, comparisons of hydraulic efficiency of some of the free surface breakwaters are also addressed in this paper.
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author H.M., Teh
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Hydraulic performance of free surface breakwaters: a Review
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title Hydraulic performance of free surface breakwaters: a Review
title_short Hydraulic performance of free surface breakwaters: a Review
title_full Hydraulic performance of free surface breakwaters: a Review
title_fullStr Hydraulic performance of free surface breakwaters: a Review
title_full_unstemmed Hydraulic performance of free surface breakwaters: a Review
title_sort hydraulic performance of free surface breakwaters: a review
publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2013
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6473/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6473/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6473/1/14_H.M._Teh.pdf
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