International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering

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Investigation on bragg reflection of surface water waves induced by a train of fixed floating pontoon breakwaters

  • Ouyang, Huei-Tau (Department of Civil engineering, National Ilan University) ;
  • Chen, Kue-Hong (Department of Civil engineering, National Ilan University) ;
  • Tsai, Chi-Ming (Department of Civil engineering, National Ilan University)
  • Received : 2015.03.09
  • Accepted : 2015.07.27
  • Published : 2015.11.30
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Abstract

The water wave characteristics of Bragg reflections from a train of fixed floating pontoon breakwaters was studied numerically. A numerical model of boundary discretization type was developed to calculate the wave field. The model was verified by comparing to analytical data in literature and good agreements were achieved. Series of parametric studies were conducted systematically to investigate the dependence of the reflected coefficients by the Bragg scattering on the design variables, including the spacing between the breakwaters, the total number of installed breakwaters, the draft and width do the breakwater, and wave length. Certain wave characteristics of the Bragg reflections were observed and discussed in details which might be of help for practical engineering applications in shoreline protection from incident waves.

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