Structural Performance of a Floating Breakwater for Different Mooring Line Typologies
Publication: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 140, Issue 3
Abstract
In the current study, the effect of mooring line typology and layout upon the structural behavior of a floating breakwater (FB) is studied. Different elastic anchor stiffness levels and initial pretensions were analyzed to improve knowledge of mooring lines and module connectors as well as of the structural performance of FBs as a whole. For this purpose, mooring line forces together with the stress and momentum between modules have been measured using one-dimensional and three-dimensional strain gauges. Furthermore, three-dimensional tests with different incident wave angles were carried out. The results were applied to the design of the installation of a FB at Aguete Port (Pontevedra, Spain).
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Acknowledgments
This paper is part of the research project “Physical model tests of the floating breakwater at Aguete Port (Pontevedra)” developed in collaboration with the Regional Port Authority of Galicia (Portos de Galicia, Spain) and the engineering consultancy company Aquática Ingeniería Civil. Special thanks are due to Fernando Martínez Abella, member of the Department of Construction Engineering of the University of A Coruña (Spain). In addition, the authors are grateful to the European Union (FEDER), Xunta de Galicia, and Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (CGL 2008-03319). They have financed this work to consolidate and organize competitive research units for the Galician university system.
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Volume 140 • Issue 3 • May 2014
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Received: May 3, 2013
Accepted: Sep 30, 2013
Published online: Oct 2, 2013
Published in print: May 1, 2014
Discussion open until: Jul 20, 2014
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