ECONOMIC OPTIMAL DESIGN OF VERTICAL BREAKWATERS

Proceedings of the International Conference on Coastal Engineering

J.K. Vrijling¹  H.G. Voortman¹  H.K.T. Kuijper¹ 

[1] Delft University of Technology, Hydraulic and Offshore Engineering Section

关键词: breakwater;    optimal design;    breakwater design;   

DOI  :  10.9753/icce.v26.%p

学科分类：建筑学

来源: Coastal Engineering Research Council

【 摘 要 】

In the design of coastal structures, the choice of the safety level for which the structure has to be designed is a major problem. This is also the case for vertical breakwaters. This paper applies the concept of economic optimisation to derive the appropriate safety level and at the same time the optimal geometry. Application to a design case shows that it can be economically optimal not to distribute the acceptable failure probability equally over all failure modes, but rather let one or two failure modes determine the total probability of failure.

【 授权许可】

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