The research is focused on the reflection characteristics of perforated-wall caisson breakwaters. The comparison and analysis of criteria which are used for the breakwater design and the analysis of causes for the damage of coastal structures. The res...
The research is focused on the reflection characteristics of perforated-wall caisson breakwaters. The comparison and analysis of criteria which are used for the breakwater design and the analysis of causes for the damage of coastal structures. The results of this research are summarized as follows; 1) It is found that in the case when the wave steepness (H/L) is small, the reflection coefficients are large. The existing researches have shown that the wave reflection is minimized when the nondimensional width of wave chamber B/L is about 0.25 for the regular wave. However, for the irregular waves the reflection is weaker when B/L. is 0.13~0.15. For a same porosity condition, the wave dissipation is stronger as the width of slit is larger. The double-chamber caisson is superior to single-chamber caisson in the wave dissipating effects. 2) Hudson formula and Van der Meer formula are compared. They are used for calculating the design weight of armoring stones of rubble-mound breakwaters. In spite of the same design condition, the results from the two formulas are different. Therefore, it is necessary to verify the formulas before using them. In addition, the improvement of the formulas is requlred to account for the characteristics of Korean coast. 3) The damage of the rubble-mound breakwaters is mainly caused by the loss of armoring stones and rubbles. The main factor inducing the damage is the Typhoon. The damage is larger in south and east coasts than in west coast. Since the damages are generated when the incident wave exceeds the design wave height, the highly accurate estimation of deep-water design wave condition is necessary. However, in some cases, the damages were occurred in the case of smaller wave height than that of design wave. And the cases where the weight of armoring stones is smaller than that given by the specification are also observed. Therefore the re-examination of the safety for coastal structures is required for the coastal area where the damages of coastal structures have occurred frequently.