13 Monitoring of rubble mound structures

Magoon, Orville T.; Calvarese, V.; Clarke, D. D.

doi:10.1680/bdac.01909.0021

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“…Five large breakwaters which failed in the period 1978 to 1981 were analyzed by Burcharth (1987). Magoon and Davison (1984) organized a seminar to review prototype experiences and described a number of repair and rehabilitation case histories such as the Cleveland Eastern Breakwater (Bottin and Mohr, 1994), or the Duca di Galiera Breakwater (Fedolino et al, 1994), etc. Melby and Turk (1995) also examined the damage survey and repair works of sixteen Tetrapod, Tribar and Dolos armors in the USA.…”

Section: Information Of Breakwater Failuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Monitoring breakwaters during construction and service lifetime is the basis for any rational strategy for maintenance, repair or rehabilitation. Most coastal structures built in the world have received some monitoring (see Magoon et al, 1983) from a general visual inspection of the emerged part to specific surveys and studies focused on describing the evolution in time of environmental variables and structural characteristics. Additionally, technology, sensors and surveying techniques (e.g.…”

Section: Upgrading Repair and Rehabilitation Of Mound Breakwatersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Breakwaters In A Living Environment

MEDINA

2024

CoastLab

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Breakwaters protecting harbors and coastal areas are key to the economic and social development of many countries, but they are also infrastructures which may result in relevant environmental and social impacts. The construction of new breakwaters in developing countries, together with the dismantling, rehabilitation or repair of old breakwaters in developed countries, should be adapted to the principles of sustainability to produce efficient and resilient systems. Global mean temperatures and sea levels are rising due to climate change, and many environmental variables and numerous ecosystems are evolving. The hypothesis of stationarity, widely assumed in the last century when estimating the wave climate for the design of maritime structures, is now questionable, and new methodologies are required to design breakwaters in this changing environment. Marine life and ecosystems are affected by construction processes and structures, but the interactions are not well known; marine growth and enhanced biodiversity are usually considered positive environmental impacts of most breakwaters but materials, carbon footprint and energy consumption are negative impacts. The two main challenges in breakwater design are (1) to develop sound design methods valid in a changing wave climate and with rising sea levels, and (2) to adapt design guidelines to build-up, to repair and to dismantle breakwaters in a living environment.

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Section: Information Of Breakwater Failuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Upgrading Repair and Rehabilitation Of Mound Breakwatersmentioning

confidence: 99%