Abstract: As a first step to develop a probabilistic method for the maintenance and repair of breakwaters, one 28.5-h test and two shorter tests, which were repeated twice, were conducted in a wave flume. Damage progression and ...

Abstract: A synthesis of existing models and formulas is made to compute the virtual performance of rubble mound structures in shallow water under combined storm surge and breaking waves for sequences of hurricanes. The computed ...

Abstract: A probabilistic hydrodynamic model for the wet and dry zone on a permeable structure is developed to predict irregular wave action on the structure above the still water level. The model is based on the time-averaged ...

Abstract: A numerical model based on time-averaged continuity, momentum, and energy equations is developed to predict the mean and standard deviation of the free surface elevation and horizontal fluid velocities above and inside a ...

Abstract: A model for estimating wave forces on dolosse is presented. It is shown that unreinforced units are susceptible to structural failure for hydraulically stable wave conditions. Reinforcing armor units will greatly enhance ...