TRANSMISSION OF RANDOM WAVES THROUGH PILE BREAKWATERS
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Keywords

pile breakwater
random waves
breakwater
wave transmission

How to Cite

Truitt, C. L., & Herbich, J. B. (1986). TRANSMISSION OF RANDOM WAVES THROUGH PILE BREAKWATERS. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(20), 169. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v20.169

Abstract

Several previous investigators have conducted experiments leading to expressions for predicting the transformation of waves passing through closely-spaced pile breakwaters. The present study extends those earlier experiments using monochromatic waves to the case of a spectrum of random waves. Records of incident waves and of waves after transmission through a model pile breakwater were compared to determine a coefficient of transmission. Results are presented for several cases of pile spacing and pile diameter. Good agreement is found between observed transmission coefficients and those predicted using the expression proposed by Hayashi et al. (1966).
https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v20.169
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