2021 Volume 77 Issue 2 Pages I_253-I_258
The evaluation of wave forces acting on caisson breakwaters with deformed wave dissipation works is important to maintenance. A series of hydraulic experiments was conducted to investigate the relationship between wave forces and deformed wave dissipation works using regular and irregular waves. The caisson breakwater with a relatively lower crest height compared to incident wave heights was examined in this experiment.
The wave forces acting on the caisson increased when the magnitude of the deformation of the wave dissipation works increased. Although the wave forces increased with the increase in the incident wave height, the wave forces decreased in the cases where the incident waves were larger than the threshold depending on the crest height of the caisson.
