The paper concerns results obtained in a small-scale field experiment on Boccotti’ submerged caisson breakwater, which absorbs wave energy and is able to defend a coast with a very small environmental impact. An experiment on the 1:10 scale model of a caisson of this breakwater was carried out on a seabed 2.6 m deep. All the records of the experiment confirmed that it is possible to obtain a strong natural resonance between the random process of wave pressure at the outer opening of the caisson and the random process of oscillations inside the caisson. Furthermore the paper shows a test on both the computational algorithm, by means of the output of the field experiment, and a procedure for tuning the plant.
A small-scale field experiment on a submerged breakwater for absorbing wave energy / Arena, Felice; Filianoti, Pasquale Giuseppe. - In: JOURNAL OF WATERWAY PORT COASTAL AND OCEAN ENGINEERING-ASCE. - ISSN 0733-950X. - 133, issue 2:(2007), pp. 161-167. [10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(2007)133:2(161)]
A small-scale field experiment on a submerged breakwater for absorbing wave energy
ARENA, Felice
;FILIANOTI, Pasquale Giuseppe
2007-01-01
Abstract
The paper concerns results obtained in a small-scale field experiment on Boccotti’ submerged caisson breakwater, which absorbs wave energy and is able to defend a coast with a very small environmental impact. An experiment on the 1:10 scale model of a caisson of this breakwater was carried out on a seabed 2.6 m deep. All the records of the experiment confirmed that it is possible to obtain a strong natural resonance between the random process of wave pressure at the outer opening of the caisson and the random process of oscillations inside the caisson. Furthermore the paper shows a test on both the computational algorithm, by means of the output of the field experiment, and a procedure for tuning the plant.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
