Abstract
Vertical wall breakwaters are used under quite different conditions where failure of the breakwater or a part of it will have very different consequences. Further a number of existing vertical wall breakwaters have been subjected to significant wave loads which have caused partial failures of the structures. The main objective of this paper is to describe how the reliability of existing breakwater structures within the expected remaining lifetime can be estimated taking into account the available information.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems : Proceedings of the 8th IFIP WG 7.5 working conference on reliability and optimization of structural systems |
| Editors | Anderzej S. Nowak, Maria M. Szerzen |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Publisher | The University of Michigan |
| Publication date | 1998 |
| Pages | 289-296 |
| Publication status | Published - 1998 |
| Event | the Eighth IFIP WG 7.5 Working Conference on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems - Krakow, Poland Duration: 11 May 1998 → 13 May 1998 Conference number: 8 |
Conference
| Conference | the Eighth IFIP WG 7.5 Working Conference on Reliability and Optimization of Structural Systems |
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| Number | 8 |
| Country/Territory | Poland |
| City | Krakow |
| Period | 11/05/1998 → 13/05/1998 |
Keywords
- Breakwaters
- Reliability Analysis
- Requalification
- Wave Loads
- Geotechnical Failure Modes