Large Scale Tests on Buoyancy-Driven Vertical Piling Breakwater with Buoyancy-Driven Piles

• Published in: PROCEEDINGS OF COASTAL ENGINEERING, JSCE Vol. 55; pp. 906 - 910
• Main Authors: SAKURAI, Yoshihiro, KIKUCHI, Yoshiaki, NAKANO, Fumitake, KIHARA, Kazuyoshi, ARIKAWA, Taro, KOBAYASHI, Makoto, TORAISHI, Tatsuhiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Society of Civil Engineers 10.10.2008

This report describes the results of the large scale model tests on the buoyancy-driven vertical piling breakwater by using the buoyancy-driven piles. This breakwater consists of rows of steel pip. piles and each pile consists of upper and lower steel pipes. The overall performance of this breakwate...