Combining wave energy converters (WECs) with a floating breakwater provides potential approach to help develop commercial-scale power operations. This paper aims design and optimize three-dimensional integrated WEC array by developing numerical model of multi-floating-body coupled system based on flow theory viscous correction in the frequency domain. By analyzing surface elevations around brea...

In the present article a new procedure is proposed to study the interactions between maritime breakwaters (submerged or emerged) and the waves, by integrating CAD and CFD software. The approach is meant to match closely the physical laboratory test procedure, and it is oriented at analyzing the hydrodynamic aspects of the phenomenon (overtopping, breaking, run-up, reflection, transmission) and ...

This paper reports results from an investigation into the suction caissons failure mechanisms under vertical pull-out loads. An insight to the failure mechanisms of suction caissons paves the path for developing analytical solutions to their pull-out capacity. The numerical models of suction caissons have first been calibrated by and verified against several experimental data from other researc...

Breakwaters are characteristic maritime works and provide basic infrastructure for artificial sea land areas such as ports [...]

In this paper, a yacht project in Tingjiang Town, Mawei, Fujian, is suggested as an example of barge type breakwater made out scrap barges. The physical modelling two-dimensional flume wave test was carried on barge-type breakwater, focusing the dissipation and anchor chain forces under two different mooring methods, “crossed tilt” “front rear direct pull” mooring, with no change size breakwate...

A set of tools that is being developed for the automated inspection of rubble-mound breakwaters, as well as its application to the survey of Sines' west breakwater armour layer, are described. The results from the IRIS surveys are compared to those of the surveys carried out by the Portuguese Hydrographic Institute and first assessment of the structure evolution between 2000 and 2003 is made.