Wave Forces on Submerged Semi-Circular Breakwater and Similar Structures

(整期优先)网络出版时间:1999-01-11
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—Theresultsofdesignandexperimentofasubmergedsemi-circularbreakwaterattheYangtzeestuaryshowthatthesubmergedstructurewillbeunsafewhenthegeneralempiricalwaveforceformulaforsemi-circularbreakwaterisusedindesign.Therefore,anewcalculationmethodforthewaveforcesact-ingonasubmergedsemi-circularstructureisgiveninthispaper,inwhichthewaveforceactingonthein-sidecircumferenceofsemi-circulararchisincluded,andthephasemodificationcoefficientinthegeneralempiricalformulaisadjustedaswell.Thenewwaveforcecalculationmethodhasbeenverifiedbythere-sultsofsevenrelatedphysicalmodeltestsandadoptedinthedesignofthesouthesturaryjettyofthefirststageprojectofDeepChannelImprovementProjectoftheYangtzeRiverEstuary,thetotaljettylengthbe-ing17.5km.