STUDY ON THE RERATION BETWEEN THE BEHAVIOUR OF FLOATING CAISSONS IN WAVE FIELDS AND THE LIMIT WAVE CONDITIONS TO HALT INSTALLING OPERATION

Abstract

 In the process of construction breakwaters, the caissons are usually in a floating state, so they are always oscillating due to wave action. For this reason, limit wave conditions to halt installing operation are usually determined in advance. In this study, a methodology which can determine the limit wave conditions easily considering the behavior of floating caisson was proposed. And it was shown that the dominant factors depend on the wave periods.