Cost‐Effectiveness of Breakwater Cross Sections
Publication: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 113, Issue 5
Abstract
The cost‐effective optimization of rubble‐mound breakwater cross sections requires a summation of all the life cycle costs for each alternative design, including construction costs, maintenance costs and associated economic losses due to wave attack. A systematic procedure is proposed for estimating the economic losses with and without breakwater protection along with the first and maintenance costs for a set of alternatives with varying functional performance and structural integrity design criteria.
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Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 113 • Issue 5 • September 1987
Pages: 447 - 460
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Copyright © 1987 ASCE.
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Published online: Sep 1, 1987
Published in print: Sep 1987
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