Author: Volker W. Harms
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Category : Breakwaters
Languages : en
Pages : 136

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Author: Volker W. Harms
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Languages : en
Pages : 81

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Wave transmission and mooring-load features were tested for a floating breakwater created from massive cylindrical members (steel or concrete pipes, telephone poles, etc.) in a matrix of scrap truck or automobile tires. The Pipe-Tire Breakwater (PT-Breakwater) was tested at prototype scale using regular waves ranging in height from 0.15 to 1.78 meters and period from 2.6 to 8.1 seconds; water depths ranged from 2.0 to 4.6 meters. Two designs were tested--the PT-1 module, composed of steel-pipe buoyancy chambers and truck tires, and the PT-2 module, composed of telephone poles and car tires. Each design was 12.2 meters wide in the direction of wave propagation and was held together by conveyor-belt loops. Wave attenuation and mooring-force features were established based on data from 402 separate runs in which incident and transmitted wave heights were recorded, along with the tension in the seaward mooring line. Test results are compared with those of earlier experiments made on the Goodyear floating tire breakwater. The construction of these PT-Breakwater modules is outlined, along with the cost estimates for construction of components. A breakwater buoyancy test was made and the flotation requirements calculated. The influence of stiffness on the mooring system was experimentally investigated and conveyor-belt material tested to the point of failure. Design curves for determining the proper anchor requirements and breakwater size and given.

Author: Volker W. Harms
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Category : Breakwaters
Languages : en
Pages : 88

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Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 472

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Category : Coastal engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 536

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Author: Robert M. Sorensen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387233334
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 331

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The second edition (1997) of this text was a completely rewritten version of the original text Basic Coastal Engineering published in 1978. This third edition makes several corrections, improvements and additions to the second edition. Basic Coastal Engineering is an introductory text on wave mechanics and coastal processes along with fundamentals that underline the practice of coastal engineering. This book was written for a senior or first postgraduate course in coastal engineering. It is also suitable for self study by anyone having a basic engineering or physical science background. The level of coverage does not require a math or fluid mechanics background beyond that presented in a typical undergraduate civil or mechanical engineering curriculum. The material p- sented in this text is based on the author’s lecture notes from a one-semester course at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Texas A&M University, and George Washington University, and a senior elective course at Lehigh University. The text contains examples to demonstrate the various analysis techniques that are presented and each chapter (except the first and last) has a collection of problems for the reader to solve that further demonstrate and expand upon the text material. Chapter 1 briefly describes the coastal environment and introduces the re- tively new field of coastal engineering. Chapter 2 describes the two-dimensional characteristics of surface waves and presents the small-amplitude wave theory to support this description.

Author: Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 536

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Author: Michael G Mattie
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Category : Water waves
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1050

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