Oscillatory Forces on Square Cylinder and Cubes

E. D. Christensen*, F. Nielsen, M. Borup

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    Abstract

    Large scale porous structures are a very common part of coastal and offshore structures such as breakwaters for coastal or harbors protection, and scour protection layers for offshore wind turbine foundations. Much research has been carried out on for instance breakwaters from a statistical point of view. This has led to design formulas. In this paper, we present an approach where the forces on large porous structures were measured directly. The goal was to investigate the variability of the wave forces on different structural elements depending on the spatial position in the protection layer. The study indicated that the elements or stones on the edge of a protection layer experienced the largest force away from the protection layer under the influence to an oscillatory outer flow (i.e. a simplification of wave dynamics). The KC-number ranged from 2 to 12. The results indicated a potentially spreading mechanism and explained instability of the outer positioned stones.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationCoastal Structures 2019
    EditorsNils Goseberg, Torsten Schlurmann
    Place of PublicationKarlsruhe
    PublisherBundesanstalt für Wasserbau
    Publication date2019
    Pages851-861
    ISBN (Electronic)978-3-939230-64-9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2019
    EventCoastal Structures 2019 - Hannover, Germany
    Duration: 30 Sept 20192 Oct 2019

    Conference

    ConferenceCoastal Structures 2019
    Country/TerritoryGermany
    CityHannover
    Period30/09/201902/10/2019

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    Keywords

    • Oscillatory forces
    • Forces on cubes
    • Porous structures
    • Stone protection layer

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