TOE ROCK STABILITY FOR RUBBLE MOUND BREAKWATERS

Stephan Baart; Reinder Ebbens; Julia Nammuni-Krohn; Henk Jan Verhagen

doi:10.9753/icce.v32.structures.35

No. 32 (2010), Coastal Structures

No. 32 (2010)

TOE ROCK STABILITY FOR RUBBLE MOUND BREAKWATERS

Coastal Structures

https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v32.structures.35

Published 2011-01-25

Stephan Baart⁺⁻
Reinder Ebbens⁺⁻
Julia Nammuni-Krohn⁺⁻
Henk Jan Verhagen⁺⁻

Stephan Baart

Lievense Consulting Engineers

Reinder Ebbens

DHV

Julia Nammuni-Krohn

Halcrow

Henk Jan Verhagen

Delft University of Technology

Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference

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Keywords

rubble mound breakwater
toe structure
toe bund
rock stability
wave load
foreshore slope

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Baart, S., Ebbens, R., Nammuni-Krohn, J., & Verhagen, H. J. (2011). TOE ROCK STABILITY FOR RUBBLE MOUND BREAKWATERS. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(32), structures.35. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v32.structures.35

Abstract

Present design tools, as found in the Rock Manual or Coastal Engineering Manual, for the determination of toe rock size for rubble mound breakwaters are based on test data with a large spread: data is relatively dispersed around the centre and descriptive equations have limited applicability ranges. New research has been undertaken to contribute to a more accurate description of toe rock stability. Flume tests have lead to an empirical design criterion for toe bunds in very shallow water based on the Hudson-type stability number. Herein the foreshore slope turns out to have an important influence. An approach with theoretical background has been used for toe bunds in surging wave conditions. The resulting stability description, based on local flow velocities, has been verified with existing data sets. Additional flume tests were performed to measure flow velocities at the toe bund. Results are used to calibrate the velocity-approach, providing an improved design criterion.

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