Reconstruction of Cozumel's International Cruise Terminal After Hurricane Wilma

Shepsis, Vladimir; Fenical, S.; Bardi, John; Tirindelli, Matteo

doi:10.1142/9789814282024_0177

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“…Under particular conditions, structural elements are hit by the violent wave impacts and suffer severe damages. Figure 3 shows typical damages at the Cozumel Cruise Terminal in Mexico, caused by vertical loads on the bottom side of the deck during a storm in 2005 (Shepsis et al 2007).…”

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“…These provided information on a wide range of different structural configurations. For the stability analysis of jetties, McConnell et al (2004) suggested (Shepsis et al 2007) to use the up-scaled HRW forces according to the Froude law. Unfortunately, these results were not entirely persuasive since air compressibility does not allow the use of the Froude law to scale slamming and impact pressures/forces, so that a large-scale investigation of the process was considered necessary.…”

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Experimental spatial correlation of wave loads on front decks

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Martinelli

Gaeta

et al. 2011

Journal of Hydraulic Research

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The large-scale experiments described herein were carried out at Forschungs-Zentrum Küste (FZK), Hannover (Germany) by a research team of the Universities of Bologna, Edinburgh, Southampton, Plymouth, HR Wallingford and the Coast and Harbor Engineering, Inc. (USA). Wave-induced loads on close-to-prototype jetties were measured. Experimental evidence indicates the presence of force peaks with a short space–time correlation structure, carried by convective processes with a velocity of the order of the wave celerity. The important limitations imposed by the imperfect spatial resolution of pressure transducers on the integrated force are discussed. The finding may be of interest to design laboratory tests involving rapidly-varied processes such as impact waves and the subsequent analysis phase, which may lead to gross errors in the evaluation of the integral process. A guideline to select the cutting frequency is provided

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Experimental spatial correlation of wave loads on front decks

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Martinelli

Gaeta

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“…Waves hitting the front and the soffit or the deck apply a horizontal and a vertical load. In some cases, mainly dependent on the wave shape and velocity, severe impacts may occur producing damages as documented for instance by Shepsis et al, (2007).…”

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Wave Loads on Exposed Jetties: Description of Large Scale Experiments and Preliminary Results

Martinelli

Lamberti²,

Gaeta

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Int. Conf. Coastal. Eng.

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The large scale experiments described in this paper were carried out at the Large Wave Flume (GWK, Große Wellenkanal) in Hanover (Germany). The research team included Universities of Bologna (IT), Edinburgh (UK), Southampton (UK), Plymouth (UK), HR Wallingford (UK) and Coast & Harbor Engineering Inc (USA). Wave-induced loads on close-to-prototype scale jetties were measured, with particular attention to scale effects due to air content in water. The aim of the paper is to present the tests, describe the impact process and give preliminary results concerning uplift loads.

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