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Experimental Studies on Wave Attenuation of an Innovative Multipurpose Submerged Breakwater (M-Sub)

Submerged breakwaters have been widely used for the protection of coastal habitats. However, as with the many designs in the market, there have been mixed reviews on the current array of submerged breakwaters. Hence, there is definitely room for innovations. A multipurpose submerged breakwater (M...

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Main Author: Kai Lun, Na
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2011
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
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spelling my-utp-utpedia.104602017-01-25T09:41:37Z http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/10460/ Experimental Studies on Wave Attenuation of an Innovative Multipurpose Submerged Breakwater (M-Sub) Kai Lun, Na TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Submerged breakwaters have been widely used for the protection of coastal habitats. However, as with the many designs in the market, there have been mixed reviews on the current array of submerged breakwaters. Hence, there is definitely room for innovations. A multipurpose submerged breakwater (M-Sub) is designed staggered to study the wave transmission effects of its corresponding vortices and turbulence. In its conceptual stage, it is suitable for areas of moderate/low wave energy climate. Besides being a possible solution to coastal erosion, it holds potential as a fish habitat enhancer. This study is designed to investigate the transmissive abilities (in terms of transmission coefficient, K1) of this innovative breakwater shape. The objective is to obtain experimental data and wave attenuating abilities of the model subjected to regular and random waves in an array of wave parameters and structure porosity.Results from the 144 tests conducted revealed good resemblance with the expected trend calculated using d'Angremond. TheM-Sub worked best for the wave height of 0.18 m and wave period of 1.12 s, whereas its porous version was found to return a lower K1 value when tested with 0.16 m waves. Nevertheless, additional experiments should be conducted to enhance the initial findings by including more variables such as wave variability and structure configurations. Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2011-09 Final Year Project NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/10460/1/2011%20-%20Experimental%20studies%20on%20wave%20attenuation%20of%20an%20innovative%20multipurpose%20submerged%20breakwate.pdf Kai Lun, Na (2011) Experimental Studies on Wave Attenuation of an Innovative Multipurpose Submerged Breakwater (M-Sub). Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS. (Unpublished)
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Kai Lun, Na
Experimental Studies on Wave Attenuation of an Innovative Multipurpose Submerged Breakwater (M-Sub)
description Submerged breakwaters have been widely used for the protection of coastal habitats. However, as with the many designs in the market, there have been mixed reviews on the current array of submerged breakwaters. Hence, there is definitely room for innovations. A multipurpose submerged breakwater (M-Sub) is designed staggered to study the wave transmission effects of its corresponding vortices and turbulence. In its conceptual stage, it is suitable for areas of moderate/low wave energy climate. Besides being a possible solution to coastal erosion, it holds potential as a fish habitat enhancer. This study is designed to investigate the transmissive abilities (in terms of transmission coefficient, K1) of this innovative breakwater shape. The objective is to obtain experimental data and wave attenuating abilities of the model subjected to regular and random waves in an array of wave parameters and structure porosity.Results from the 144 tests conducted revealed good resemblance with the expected trend calculated using d'Angremond. TheM-Sub worked best for the wave height of 0.18 m and wave period of 1.12 s, whereas its porous version was found to return a lower K1 value when tested with 0.16 m waves. Nevertheless, additional experiments should be conducted to enhance the initial findings by including more variables such as wave variability and structure configurations.
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title Experimental Studies on Wave Attenuation of an Innovative Multipurpose Submerged Breakwater (M-Sub)
title_short Experimental Studies on Wave Attenuation of an Innovative Multipurpose Submerged Breakwater (M-Sub)
title_full Experimental Studies on Wave Attenuation of an Innovative Multipurpose Submerged Breakwater (M-Sub)
title_fullStr Experimental Studies on Wave Attenuation of an Innovative Multipurpose Submerged Breakwater (M-Sub)
title_full_unstemmed Experimental Studies on Wave Attenuation of an Innovative Multipurpose Submerged Breakwater (M-Sub)
title_sort experimental studies on wave attenuation of an innovative multipurpose submerged breakwater (m-sub)
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