Assessment Of Stability and Energy Dissipation Performances of an Antifer Layer Protected Caisson
Journal Title: International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
The present study intends to assess the stability and energy dissipation performances of a breakwater configuration (APC) protected by an antifer layer. For comparison, an ordinary caisson (OC), which was 5% wider and 10% heavier, was also investigated. Physical models were implemented and tested under regular and irregular waves; and resulting linear and angular displacements were directly measured via a photogrammetric method. Additionally, wave forces and resulting horizontal displacements were estimated both from recorded pressure data and from individual incident waves by modified Goda method. To calculate the horizontal displacement, the estimated wave force time series were directly double-integrated, whilst the theoretical method proposed by Shimosako et al. (1994) were used on the individual force values. Although OC was tested under shorter durations and had a more favorable superstructure in terms of resisting forces, the results indicated that APC was significantly more stable. Energy dissipation performance of the tested configurations were quantified in terms of spectral averaged and phase resolved reflection coefficients, whereas antifer damage ratio was measured on a block-count basis. Results indicated that the APC configuration had an enhanced performance of dissipating the wave energy; moreover, the dissipated energy directly links to antifer damage ratio.
Authors and Affiliations
Dursun Zafer ŞEKER, M. Sedat Kabdaşlı, Murat Çelikoyan, Cem GAZİOĞLU
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