Chapter
Dec 31, 2015
Destruction Criteria for Rubble-Mound Breakwaters
Publication: Coastal Engineering 1968
Abstract
The general purpose of the author's research undertaken in the "Laboratoxre National d'Hydraulique" was to study wave action on rubble-mound breakwaters with regular (periodic) waves on the one hand and irregular (random) wind generated waves on the other, and to compare the effects of these two types of waves by use of the storm duration t. With a first series of periodic waves experiments we have obtained the destruction of the breakwater's cover-layer for different storm durations t, by varying H and T. The mass of armor units remained constant. The angle of the slope, according to the seaward equilibrium profile could be considered as constant.
For the destruction cases we obtained a risk criterion:
which provides the storm duration t, knowing H, T and v.
Then for a second series of random wxnd generated waves experiments we eliminated t and found that the constant periodic wave height (Hdest) is equal to the "significant wave height" (H1/3) for the random waves. This is an experimental demonstration of the justifiable use of H1/3 as ""project wave height".
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this chapter.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Coastal Engineering 1968
Pages: 761 - 778
Copyright
© 1969 American Society of Civil Engineers.
History
Published online: Dec 31, 2015
Permissions
Request permissions for this article.
Authors
Affiliations
Adelkis J. Rogan
Docteur Ingénieur
Laboratoxre National d'Hydraulique, Chatou, FRANCE.
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.
Cited by
View Options
Get Access
Access content
Please select your options to get access
Log in/Register
Log in via your institution (Shibboleth)
ASCE Members:
Please log in to see member pricing
Purchase
Save for later Item saved, go to cart Information on ASCE Library Cards
ASCE Library Cards let you download journal articles, proceedings papers, and available book chapters across the entire ASCE Library platform. ASCE Library Cards remain active for 24 months or until all downloads are used. Note: This content will be debited as one download at time of checkout.
Terms of Use: ASCE Library Cards are for individual, personal use only. Reselling, republishing, or forwarding the materials to libraries or reading rooms is prohibited.
Terms of Use: ASCE Library Cards are for individual, personal use only. Reselling, republishing, or forwarding the materials to libraries or reading rooms is prohibited.
Get Access
Access content
Please select your options to get access
Log in/Register
Log in via your institution (Shibboleth)
ASCE Members:
Please log in to see member pricing
Purchase
Save for later Item saved, go to cart Information on ASCE Library Cards
ASCE Library Cards let you download journal articles, proceedings papers, and available book chapters across the entire ASCE Library platform. ASCE Library Cards remain active for 24 months or until all downloads are used. Note: This content will be debited as one download at time of checkout.
Terms of Use: ASCE Library Cards are for individual, personal use only. Reselling, republishing, or forwarding the materials to libraries or reading rooms is prohibited.
Terms of Use: ASCE Library Cards are for individual, personal use only. Reselling, republishing, or forwarding the materials to libraries or reading rooms is prohibited.