FULL-SCALE WAVE ATTACK OF UNIFORMLY SLOPING SEA DYKES
No. 21 (1988), Conference Proceedings
No. 21 (1988)

FULL-SCALE WAVE ATTACK OF UNIFORMLY SLOPING SEA DYKES

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https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v21.161
Published 1988-01-29
Alfred Fuhrboter
LeichtweiB-Institute, Division of Hydrodynamics and Coastal Engineering, Technical University of Braunschweig
Uwe Sparboom
Large Wave Channel, Coastal Engineering Research Group SFB 205, University of Hannover
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dike
sloping dike
uniform slope
wave attack
full scale waves

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Fuhrboter, A., & Sparboom, U. (1988). FULL-SCALE WAVE ATTACK OF UNIFORMLY SLOPING SEA DYKES. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(21), 161. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v21.161
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Abstract

Shock pressure phenomena due to breaking waves acting on sloping faces of sea dykes are focussed in this paper. The probability approach is pointed out and maximum shock pressure estimations are given for smooth and impermeable dyke slopes 1:4 and 1:6. An extension of the results to steeper and flatter slopes is proposed. Results of full-scale stability tests on concrete block slope revetments are also reported in this paper. For various structural solutions with granular and geotextile filter layers stability numbers are recommended. Initial block lifting is explained physically by pressure measurements. The full-scale experiments were carried out in the new research facility LARGE WAVE CHANNEL of the universities in Hannover and Braunschweig (Federal Republic of Germany).
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