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Abstract
In the paper entitled "Una formula para el caloulo de los diques de escollera" (A Formula for the Calculation of Rock Fill Dikes) published July 1938* there was presented the expression,
P=NA^3d/((cosa- sina)^3(d-1)^3)
where
P = weight of the individual stones or blocks in kilograms
N = 15 for dikes of natural rook fill
N = 19 for dikes of artificial block fill
A = 2h = total height of the wave that breaks on the dike,measured in meters
d = specific weight of material of the stones in tons (metric) per oubic meter
a = angle of the dike's side slope with the horizontal
P=NA^3d/((cosa- sina)^3(d-1)^3)
where
P = weight of the individual stones or blocks in kilograms
N = 15 for dikes of natural rook fill
N = 19 for dikes of artificial block fill
A = 2h = total height of the wave that breaks on the dike,measured in meters
d = specific weight of material of the stones in tons (metric) per oubic meter
a = angle of the dike's side slope with the horizontal
Keywords
armor stone sizing; breakwater design; groin design
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