The Performance Of A Newly Designed Concrete Armour Unit For Rubble Mound Breakwaters

Erosion and inundation, resulting from wave impacts, are challenges synonymous with the near sea location. These challenges have grown in intensity and event due to the well known phenomenon of Global Warming. Therefore, the need for stronger and more stable structures has increased. The intentio...

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Main Author:	Abdulameer, Mohammed Zuhear
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	TH1-9745 Building construction
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/42487/1/MOHAMMED_ZUHEAR_ABDULAMEER_HJ.pdf
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spelling	my-usm-ep.424872019-04-12T05:26:53Z The Performance Of A Newly Designed Concrete Armour Unit For Rubble Mound Breakwaters 2010-04 Abdulameer, Mohammed Zuhear TH1-9745 Building construction Erosion and inundation, resulting from wave impacts, are challenges synonymous with the near sea location. These challenges have grown in intensity and event due to the well known phenomenon of Global Warming. Therefore, the need for stronger and more stable structures has increased. The intention of this study is to develop a new artificial armour unit used for armouring offshore rubble mound breakwaters. A design of the intended armour has been given in this study. A number of calculations for determining the layer coefficients were conducted, hence, obtaining the layer’s porosity and packing density. These characteristics were compared to other well known artificial armour units. In order to test the newly designed artificial armour unit for its hydraulic performance a number of tests were conducted. These tests are two dimensional tests that include hydraulic stability, overtopping and run-up. These tests were conducted in a hydraulic flume of a 10 m length, 0.3 m width and 0.45m height. The tests were conducted on three armour layers a rock armour layer, an armour layer composed of randomly placed newly designed armour units and the third is an armour layer made up of uniformly placed newly designed armour units. The results of the three armour layers are compared and analyzed. In conclusion, the armour unit that was presented in this study showed higher hydraulic performance than the rock armour unit. Also, the presented armour unit is more porous than some well known armour units and more economical. 2010-04 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/42487/ http://eprints.usm.my/42487/1/MOHAMMED_ZUHEAR_ABDULAMEER_HJ.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Perumahan, Bangunan & Perancangan
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description	Erosion and inundation, resulting from wave impacts, are challenges synonymous with the near sea location. These challenges have grown in intensity and event due to the well known phenomenon of Global Warming. Therefore, the need for stronger and more stable structures has increased. The intention of this study is to develop a new artificial armour unit used for armouring offshore rubble mound breakwaters. A design of the intended armour has been given in this study. A number of calculations for determining the layer coefficients were conducted, hence, obtaining the layer’s porosity and packing density. These characteristics were compared to other well known artificial armour units. In order to test the newly designed artificial armour unit for its hydraulic performance a number of tests were conducted. These tests are two dimensional tests that include hydraulic stability, overtopping and run-up. These tests were conducted in a hydraulic flume of a 10 m length, 0.3 m width and 0.45m height. The tests were conducted on three armour layers a rock armour layer, an armour layer composed of randomly placed newly designed armour units and the third is an armour layer made up of uniformly placed newly designed armour units. The results of the three armour layers are compared and analyzed. In conclusion, the armour unit that was presented in this study showed higher hydraulic performance than the rock armour unit. Also, the presented armour unit is more porous than some well known armour units and more economical.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Abdulameer, Mohammed Zuhear
author_facet	Abdulameer, Mohammed Zuhear
author_sort	Abdulameer, Mohammed Zuhear
title	The Performance Of A Newly Designed Concrete Armour Unit For Rubble Mound Breakwaters
title_short	The Performance Of A Newly Designed Concrete Armour Unit For Rubble Mound Breakwaters
title_full	The Performance Of A Newly Designed Concrete Armour Unit For Rubble Mound Breakwaters
title_fullStr	The Performance Of A Newly Designed Concrete Armour Unit For Rubble Mound Breakwaters
title_full_unstemmed	The Performance Of A Newly Designed Concrete Armour Unit For Rubble Mound Breakwaters
title_sort	performance of a newly designed concrete armour unit for rubble mound breakwaters
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Perumahan, Bangunan & Perancangan
publishDate	2010
url	http://eprints.usm.my/42487/1/MOHAMMED_ZUHEAR_ABDULAMEER_HJ.pdf
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The Performance Of A Newly Designed Concrete Armour Unit For Rubble Mound Breakwaters

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