Design and construction of mound breakwaters

<p class="VersionEDAbstract"><span>This paper describes the evolution of design techniques applied to mound breakwaters as well as some key tools, equipment and construction techniques. The influence of the theoretical and laboratory research is analyzed in detail, from the pio...

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Main Authors: Josep R. Medina, César Vidal
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universitat Politecnica de Valencia 2014-08-01
Series:Ingeniería del Agua
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Online Access:http://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/IA/article/view/3074
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description <p class="VersionEDAbstract"><span>This paper describes the evolution of design techniques applied to mound breakwaters as well as some key tools, equipment and construction techniques. The influence of the theoretical and laboratory research is analyzed in detail, from the pioneering research by Iribarren eighty years ago to the construction of single-layer armored breakwaters in recent decades. The economic optimization and the new embodied energy and carbon concepts associated to the construction of mound breakwaters are studied. New concepts as well as the invention of new armor units are examined as is their impact based on the observations from small-scale physical experiments and the relevance of the equipment and logistic constraints to explain the evolution of the way mound breakwaters have been designed and built over time.</span></p>
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spellingShingle Josep R. Medina
César Vidal
Design and construction of mound breakwaters
Ingeniería del Agua
Diques Rompeolas
Diques en Talud
Manto Principal
Espaldón
Estabilidad Hidráulica
Rebase
title Design and construction of mound breakwaters
title_full Design and construction of mound breakwaters
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title_full_unstemmed Design and construction of mound breakwaters
title_short Design and construction of mound breakwaters
title_sort design and construction of mound breakwaters
topic Diques Rompeolas
Diques en Talud
Manto Principal
Espaldón
Estabilidad Hidráulica
Rebase
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