Submerged Horizontal and Vertical Membrane Wave Barrier

J. Ocean Eng. Technol. 2005;19(2):1-11.

Kee S.T.;

Delt. of Civil Engineering, Seoul National University of Technology;

Keywords: Submerged Membrane Breakwater, Porous Coefficient, Eco-Friendlier Breakwater, Multi-Domains BEM, Horizontal/Vertical Flexible-Membrane

Abstract

In the present paper, the hydrodynamic properties of a Rahmen type flexible porous breakwater with dual fixed pontoon system interacting with obliquely or normally incident small amplitude waves are numerically investigated. This system is composed of dual vertical porous membranes hinged at the side edges of dual fixed pontoons, and a submerged horizontal membrane that both ends are hinged at the steel frames mounted pontoons. The dual vertical membranes are extended downward and hinged at bottom steal frame fixed into seabed. The wave blocking and dissipation mechanism and its effects of permeability, Rahmen type membrane and pontoon geometry, pretensions on membranes, relative dimensionless wave number, and incident wave headings are thoroughly examined.