AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON EFFECT OF WAVE-DISSIPATING SECTION ON WAVE REFLECTION OF A VERTICAL CAISSON COVERED WITH BLOCKS

Abstract

  A series of laboratory experiment was carried out in order to examine the effect of wave-dissipating section on wave reflection characteristics of a vertical caisson covered with artificial blocks. Based on the experimental results for regular wave, two simple estimation equations of reflection coefficient were derived. One equation was represented as a function of wave steepness and relative wave height. The other was represented as a function of offshore wave length, the length of the section of wave-dissipating blocks which still water surface crossed, and water depth.