Stability of Armour Units in Oscillatory Flow

Hans F. Burcharth, A. C. Thompson

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Abstract

Despite numerous breakwater model tests very little is known today about the various phenomena and parameters that determine the hydraulic stability characteristics of different types of armour. This is because separation of parameters is extremely difficult in traditional tests.With the object of separating some of the factors a deterministic test, in which horizontal beds of armour units were exposed to oscillatory flow, was performed in a pulsating water tunnel.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
UdgivelsesstedAalborg
ForlagAalborg Universitetscenter, Inst. for Vand, Jord og Miljøteknik, Laboratoriet for Hydraulik og Havnebygning
Antal sider12
StatusUdgivet - 1982

Bibliografisk note

Presented at Coastal Structures '83, Washington D.C., USA, March, 1983

PDF for print: 14 pp.

Emneord

  • Types of Armour
  • Breakwater
  • Armour Units
  • Dolosse
  • Oscillatory Flow

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