In the present thesis the performance of box type floating breakwaters (FBs) with
screens under regular waves is examined experimentally in a wave flume. The experiments
were conducted in the Coastal and Harbor Engineering Laboratory wave
flume, Civil Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara. The
influence of incident wave characteristics and certain geometric characteristics, such
as the width and draft of the structure, on its effciency is examined. Three different
widths of the structure in combination with three different screen (draft) height, a total
of nine different cases, of FBs are examined. Results related to transmission and
reflection of the incident regular waves on the structure are presented. According to
the results, for all structures drafts and structure widths, as h/L increase (wave period
and wave height decreases) Kt values decrease. Also, Kt values obtained for chain
moored floating breakwaters are larger than the Kt values of fixed cases consistently.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12609633/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 July 2008 |
| Creators | Kurum, Mustafa Onur |
| Contributors | Ergin, Aysen |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for METU campus |
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