On the Multi-Body-Type Floating Breakwater (2nd report)

Investigating the effect of using a Lateral duct in the body of a floating breakwater by numerical method

Floating breakwaters are good alternative to the so-called fixed base breakwaters, which, in addition to having the main purpose of protecting the beach from waves, also maintain the water connection between the sea and the protected area. Researchers in order to increase the efficiency and increase the performance range of floating breakwaters, have done many researches on their effective para...

Forced Motions of a Rigid-Body Breakwater

Now the last and most realistic problem will be investigated. This problem treats the breakwater as a rigid body that undergoes periodic wave forcing. This problem is the most realistic because a breakwater truly has physical dimensions in reality and would behave as a rigid body. Furthermore, if a breakwater is in the sea, then it will feel the effects of waves acting on it and not just the ef...

2nd Annual Report on Strees

Auv Navigation Based on Multi-sensor Fusion for Breakwater Observation

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are suitable for underwater observation, since they can swim freely without an umbilical cable. This paper proposes a robust navigation method for AUVs operating around artificial structures such as piers, quays and breakwaters. This method consists of a State Estimator and a Guidance System, enabling localization in the configuration map as well as followi...

Genetic algorithm based support vector machine regression in predicting wave transmission of horizontally interlaced multi-layer moored floating pipe breakwater

Planning and design of coastal protection works like floating pipe breakwater require information about the performance characteristics of the structure in reducing the wave energy. Several researchers have carried out analytical and numerical studies on floating breakwaters in the past but failed to give a simple mathematical model to predict the wave transmission through floating breakwaters ...