Wave Run-up on the Zeebrugge Rubble Mound Breakwater:  Full-scale measurement results

Julien De Rouck; Bjorn Van de Walle; Peter Troch; Jentsje van der Meer; Luc Van Damme; Josep R. Medina; Marc Willems; Peter Frigaard

doi:DOI:10.2112/04-0157.1

Wave Run-up on the Zeebrugge Rubble Mound Breakwater: Full-scale measurement results

Julien De Rouck, Bjorn Van de Walle, Peter Troch, Jentsje van der Meer, Luc Van Damme, Josep R. Medina, Marc Willems, Peter Frigaard

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Abstract

Full-scale wave run-up measurements have been carried out on the Zeebrugge rubble mound breakwater in the frame of the EU-funded OPTICREST project. Wave run-up has been measured by a run-up gauge and by a so-called spiderweb system. The dimensionless wave run-up value Ru2%Hm0 measured in Zeebrugge equals 1.77 for Iribarren number xi(om) = 3.63. An (apparent) influence of the water level on wave run-up has been observed. The porosity of the armor layer has a significant influence on wave run-up and may explain the dependency of wave run-up on the water level observed in Zeebrugge. Full-scale measurement results have been compared to literature data. The full-scale wave run-up data are in good agreement with the existing results of wave run-up tests with rip-rap slopes but are clearly higher than other wave run-up data resulting from tests with rubble mound breakwaters.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Coastal Research
Volume	23
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	577-583
Number of pages	7
ISSN	0749-0208
DOIs	https://doi.org/DOI:10.2112/04-0157.1
Publication status	Published - 2007

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Prototype
Grooved cubes
Gauge

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