Waves Measurement System in Vertical Docks Protection

Proceedings

Gárate, José Luis Almazán¹ 

关键词: wave;    vertical dock;    sensors;    under-pressure;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ecsa-3-C006

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The determination of the pressures affecting vertical marine structures is far from being completely understood. The prototype instrumentation and testing of large-scale channels provide information useful for defining their behaviour at probabilistic level, but neither the above mentioned methods nor existing methods of calculation are able to respond to complex phenomenon of wave reflection on the vertical docks. Obtained results are based on very simplified principles calibrated in accordance with a scale trials, leading to the overestimation of structures, with the high cost that this entails. This research develops a measurement system that allows studying the laws of pressures acting on vertical docks, optimizing their design and sizing. This system has been placed in the dock of Botafoc (Ibiza, Spain). Measured data has led to new results which are very revealing as to the form of the distributions of the pressures, the influence of the wave period on them, and importance of flows induced by waves through bedding layers.

【 授权许可】

CC BY