Download or read book Determination of Mooring Load and Transmitted Wave Height for a Floating Tire Breakwater written by Michael L. Giles and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Floating tire breakwaters (FTB) are being used to protect and improve small-craft harbors, and as the need for additioal mooring space increases, FTB's are often being placed in locations exposed to larger waves. Other uses for FTB's include protection of construction operations, protection of dredges, and beach stabilization. Methods for predicting the transmitted wave height, as well as for determining the anchor loading for the Goodyear module FTB, are presented. These methods are based on laboratory tests that used full-scale monochromatic wave conditions typical of partially sheltered bodies of water. Wave transmission is given as a function of the ratio of the breakwater width to incident wavelength. The mooring load is also given as a function of incident wave height. Design curves and procedures are presented for determining the breakwater width required to obtain a desired degree of wave attenuation, and for determining the mooring loads for each anchor line. Various anchor types are discussed to aid in the design of an anchor system. (Author).
Download or read book Wave Transmission and Mooring force Characteristics of Pipe tire Floating Breakwaters written by Volker W. Harms and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wave Transmission and Mooring Force Characteristics of Pipe Tire Floating Breakwaters written by Volker W. Harms and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wave transmission and mooring-load features were tested for a floating breakwater created from massive cylindrical members (steel or concrete pipes, telephone poles, etc.) in a matrix of scrap truck or automobile tires. The Pipe-Tire Breakwater (PT-Breakwater) was tested at prototype scale using regular waves ranging in height from 0.15 to 1.78 meters and period from 2.6 to 8.1 seconds; water depths ranged from 2.0 to 4.6 meters. Two designs were tested--the PT-1 module, composed of steel-pipe buoyancy chambers and truck tires, and the PT-2 module, composed of telephone poles and car tires. Each design was 12.2 meters wide in the direction of wave propagation and was held together by conveyor-belt loops. Wave attenuation and mooring-force features were established based on data from 402 separate runs in which incident and transmitted wave heights were recorded, along with the tension in the seaward mooring line. Test results are compared with those of earlier experiments made on the Goodyear floating tire breakwater. The construction of these PT-Breakwater modules is outlined, along with the cost estimates for construction of components. A breakwater buoyancy test was made and the flotation requirements calculated. The influence of stiffness on the mooring system was experimentally investigated and conveyor-belt material tested to the point of failure. Design curves for determining the proper anchor requirements and breakwater size and given.
Download or read book Prototype Scale Mooring Load and Transmission Tests for a Floating Tire Breakwater written by Michael L. Giles and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prototype scale tests of the mooring load and wave transmission characteristics of a floating tire breakwater were conducted in the large wave tank at the Coastal Engineering Research Center. Standard Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. 18-tire modules connected to form breakwaters, 4 and 6 modules (8.5 and 12.8 meters, 28 and 42 feet) wide in the direction of wave advance, were tested in water depths of 2 and 4 meters (6.56 and 13.12 feet). Monochromatic waves with a 2.64- to 8.25-second period range and heights up to 1.4 meters (4.6 feet) were used in the tests. Test results indicate that wave transmission is mainly a function of the breakwater width to incident wavelength ratio with a slight dependence on the incident wave height. However, the mooring forces are mainly a function of the incident wave height with only a slight dependence on the incident wavelength and breakwater width. Recommended design curves for the wave transmission coefficient versus breakwater width to wavelength ratio and mooring load as a function of incident wave height are presented. (Author).
Download or read book Wave Transmission and Mooring force Characteristics of Pipe tire Floating Breakwaters written by Volker W. Harms and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wave Transmission and Mooring Force Tests of Floating Breakwater Oak Harbor Washington written by D. Donald Davidson and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Technical Report written by Coastal Engineering Research Center (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes various editions of some numbers.
Download or read book Technical Report U S Army Corps of Engineers Coastal Engineering Research Center written by Coastal Engineering Research Center (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Basic Coastal Engineering written by Robert M. Sorensen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-03-28 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition (1997) of this text was a completely rewritten version of the original text Basic Coastal Engineering published in 1978. This third edition makes several corrections, improvements and additions to the second edition. Basic Coastal Engineering is an introductory text on wave mechanics and coastal processes along with fundamentals that underline the practice of coastal engineering. This book was written for a senior or first postgraduate course in coastal engineering. It is also suitable for self study by anyone having a basic engineering or physical science background. The level of coverage does not require a math or fluid mechanics background beyond that presented in a typical undergraduate civil or mechanical engineering curriculum. The material p- sented in this text is based on the author’s lecture notes from a one-semester course at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Texas A&M University, and George Washington University, and a senior elective course at Lehigh University. The text contains examples to demonstrate the various analysis techniques that are presented and each chapter (except the first and last) has a collection of problems for the reader to solve that further demonstrate and expand upon the text material. Chapter 1 briefly describes the coastal environment and introduces the re- tively new field of coastal engineering. Chapter 2 describes the two-dimensional characteristics of surface waves and presents the small-amplitude wave theory to support this description.
Download or read book Floating Breakwaters written by Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses. Permanent Technical Committee II. Working Group 13 and published by PIANC. This book was released on 1994 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Preliminary Report on the Application of Floating tire breakwater Design Data written by Volker W. Harms and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wave Transmission Characteristics of Various Floating and Bottom fixed Rubber tire Breakwaters in Shallow Water written by Dennis G. Markle and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Floating Breakwaters written by Lyndell Z. Hales and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coastal Engineering Technical Aid written by and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Data and Procedures for the Design of Floating Tire Breakwaters written by Volker W. Harms and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
