The establishment of breakwaters in Japanese ports has progressed in recent years and has greatly improved the calmness in the ports. However, the seawater exchange within and outside of the port has greatly decreased. In ports near urban areas, in particular, the inflow of domestic and industrial wastewater, and the accumulation of sludge are causing a variety of environmental problems. Therefore, it is necessary to solve two contradictory technical problems: improving seawater exchange while at the same time improving calmness in the port.

    An armored caisson breakwater with intake holes has been developed to conduct external seawater into the port using wave energy. In this paper, the hydraulic characteristics and the practical design of this structure will be presented.


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    Title :

    Design and Construction of Seawater Exchange Breakwaters


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    26th International Conference on Coastal Engineering


    Published in:

    Coastal Engineering 1998 ; Chapter : 114 ; 1539-1552


    Publication date :

    1999-04-26




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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