Scientists and researchers are currently focusing considerable attention on the hydrodynamic characteristics of semicircular breakwaters worldwide, particularly in Japan and the People’s Republic of China. A semicircular breakwater is a composite breakwater made of prestressed concrete and has several merits over a conventional rubble mound breakwater, e.g. it is technically advanced, economically viable and aesthetically pleasing. At low water levels, it serves as a rubble mound breakwater and, at high water levels, it acts as a composite breakwater in the emerged condition. It reduces the considerable magnitude of dynamic forces if constructed in front of a vertical wall (the main structure) under the submerged condition and also reduces coastal erosion along the shoreline. Many research studies are being carried out all over the world to evaluate the performance of a semicircular breakwater in the laboratory and in the field. The authors of this review paper have also conducted a large number of experiments to study the hydrodynamic characteristics of a semicircular breakwater and to optimize the parameters such as the rubble mound height, the water depth and the size of perforations. The experiments were conducted for both the emerged condition and the submerged condition subjected to regular and random waves with various wave heights and periods to find the suitability of a semicircular breakwater in the field, and the optimum parameters were recommended in their previous publications. Hence, a sincere attempt has been made in this review paper to present the ongoing research on semicircular breakwaters, which has been carried out all over the world to facilitate the studies of researchers and to provide related information to people working in the area of semicircular breakwaters.


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    Title :

    Review of the research on emerged and submerged semicircular breakwaters




    Publication date :

    2012-11-01


    Size :

    13 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    Unknown





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