Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering: Recent submissions
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Installation and Removal Records of Field Trials for Two Mooring Dolphin Platforms with Three Suction Caissons
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)In 1999, two mooring dolphin platforms (MDP1 and MDP2), each with three suction caissons, were installed in the JZ9–3 field of the Bohai Sea of China. Before installation, penetration and retrieval tests for MDP1 were ... -
Rheological Properties of Bed Sediments Subjected to Shear and Vibration Loads
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)The rheological properties of river and seabed sediments are important to describing the interactions of the currents and waves with the bed. This paper presents the findings from a study of the rheological properties of ... -
Wave-Induced Drift of Large Floating Objects in Regular Waves
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)The current study experimentally investigates the wave-induced drift velocity of two-dimensional large floating objects (with -
Laboratory Observations and Numerical Simulations of Wave Height Attenuation in Heterogeneous Vegetation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Quarter-scale physical model experiments and a phase-resolving numerical model ( -
Residual Liquefaction of Seabed under Standing Waves
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)This paper presents the results of an experimental study of the seabed liquefaction beneath standing waves. Silt (with -
Comprehensive Field Study of Swash-Zone Processes. I: Experimental Design with Examples of Hydrodynamic and Sediment Transport Measurements
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)A comprehensive study of swash-zone hydrodynamics and sediment transport was conducted on a macrotidal beach in Perranporth, United Kingdom. The unique study is the first to simultaneously measure suspended sediment and ... -
Collapse Limit State Fragilities of Wood-Framed Residences from Storm Surge and Waves during Hurricane Ike
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)Posthurricane Ike surveys for almost 2,000 individual wood-framed houses were combined with high resolution numerical hindcasts to investigate the collapse limit state arising from overland waves and surge. For this storm, ... -
Using Field Data to Improve the Settlement Prediction Model of a Breakwater on Soft Soil
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)The need for an improved harbor access resulted in the construction of two new rubble mound breakwaters in Ostend, Belgium. In the past, a specific dredging technique was used to maintain the required depth of the access ... -
Three-Dimensional SPH Modeling of a Bar/Rip Channel System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014)A Lagrangian numerical method called smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) is used to analyze a simplified bar/rip channel system on a beach. Prior studies have shown that SPH models propagate water waves well, including ... -
Optimal Design of Horizontally Framed Miter Gates
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Miter gates have been, and still are, widely used in hydraulic engineering as control devices for several types of locks (e.g., navigation, flood, tidal). For centuries, engineering practice has suggested a range of optimal ... -
New Fish Reef Block Ensuring Accurate Placement by Free-Fall Method
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)A new fish reef block ensuring accurate placement by a free fall was developed to enable a more economical construction of nursery reefs for snow crabs. The block is based on a cube-shaped frame structure with extra shelf ... -
Effects of Woody Plants on Dune Erosion and Overwash
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)A laboratory experiment consisting of five tests was conducted to examine the effects of woody plants on erosion and overwash of high and low dunes. Scarping occurred on the foreslope for three high dune tests and no ... -
Underwater Landslide Characteristics from 2D Laboratory Modeling
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Landslide-generated impulse waves are considered a severe danger for humans and infrastructure. Design formulas following intensive laboratory research allow for a quick assessment of potential slide-event wave features. ... -
Field Monitoring of Ship Wave Action on Environmentally Friendly Bank Protection in a Confined Waterway
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)The road toward a sustainable inland waterway network entails the installation of ecologically sound and technically effective bank protection. Heavy shipping traffic complicates the development of environmentally friendly ... -
Pressures on the Crown Wall of Breakwater Formed by New Armor Block KOLOS due to Regular Waves
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Breakwaters can be broadly classified into overtopping and nonovertopping structures. In the case of a nonovertopping breakwater, either the crest level is designed in consideration with the maximum run-up level or a ... -
Field Verification of Quasi-Determinism Theory for Wind Waves Interacting with Vertical Breakwater
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Profiles of exceptionally large waves before a vertical breakwater were obtained by using a gauge array. These profiles were compared with the profiles obtained using the quasi-determinism (QD) theory. The experiment ... -
Wave Runup and Overtopping at Seawalls Built on Land and in Very Shallow Water
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)The current study proposes prediction formulas both for random wave runup and mean overtopping discharge at seawalls constructed on land or in very shallow water. Although several existing formulas for runup and overtopping ... -
Morphological Consequences of the Nodal Modulation on a Tidal Lagoon
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Despite its relatively small amplitude, the nodal tide can play a relevant role in several environmental processes, spanning from ecology to morphodynamics; in particular, field studies and numerical investigations indicate ... -
Advective Diffusion of Contaminants in the Surf Zone
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)A theory on the horizontal spreading of contaminants in the surf zone is described in this paper. The surf zone is viewed as a narrow strip comparable to the characteristic wavelength, in which turbulence caused by wave ... -
Near-Bed Sediment Condition in Oscillatory Sheet Flows
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)Several empirical formulas have been proposed to predict the near-bed conditions for sediment transport in steady channel flows; however, few are extendable to oscillatory flows. This study presents a method for evaluation ...