Review of recent research and developments on floating breakwaters

J Dai, CM Wang, T Utsunomiya, W Duan - Ocean Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Floating breakwaters are an effective solution for protecting fragile beaches from being
washed away, coastlines from erosion, floating structures, marinas and ports from strong …

Review of developments in porous membranes and net-type structures for breakwaters and fish cages

YC Guo, SC Mohapatra, CG Soares - Ocean Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
A literature review is presented on the theoretical, numerical, and experimental progress
made in the application of porous membranes and net-type structures to breakwaters and …

An experimental investigation into the wave power extraction of a floating box-type breakwater with dual pneumatic chambers

F He, J Leng, X Zhao - Applied Ocean Research, 2017 - Elsevier
The oscillating water column (OWC) device is in a leading position for wave power
extraction but has not achieved fully commercial at the current stage. In addition to …

An experimental study of a rectangular floating breakwater with vertical plates as wave-dissipating components

F He, J Li, J Pan, Z Yuan - Applied Ocean Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Floating breakwaters have received growing attention in recent years from academic and
engineering sectors alike. The wave-dissipating components are commonly attached to the …

Numerical investigation on the hydrodynamic behavior of a floating breakwater with moon pool through a coupling SPH model

J Cui, X Chen, PN Sun, MY Li - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The moon pool opened in a floating structure significantly affects its wave attenuating
performance. In this paper, the hydrodynamic behaviors of several floating breakwaters with …

Wave energy dissipation of a submerged horizontal flexible porous membrane under oblique wave interaction

YC Guo, SC Mohapatra, CG Soares - Applied Ocean Research, 2020 - Elsevier
An analytical model associated with oblique wave interaction with a submerged horizontal
flexible porous membrane is presented under the assumption of linearized small amplitude …

Submerged breakwater of a flexible porous membrane with a vertical flexible porous wall over variable bottom topography

YC Guo, SC Mohapatra, CG Soares - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
An analytical model of oblique wave interaction with a breakwater consisting of a
submerged horizontal flexible porous membrane near a vertical porous barrier over variable …

Numerical studies of submerged moored box-type floating breakwaters with different shapes of cross-sections using SPH

Z Liu, Y Wang - Coastal Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
The wave-attenuation performances and hydrodynamics of moored box-type floating
breakwaters with the same weight, same wall thickness, and six different cross-sections, ie …

Numerical investigations and optimizations of typical submerged box-type floating breakwaters using SPH

Z Liu, Y Wang - Ocean Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Box-type floating breakwaters have been studied extensively. However, the examinations of
the performances of them with different shapes or different numbers of boxes are limited. In …

A study on the performance of circular and rectangular submerged breakwaters using nun-uniform FGVT method

E Jafarzadeh, A Bohluly, A Kabiri-Samani… - Coastal Engineering …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Submerged circular breakwaters are laid to a point at the bottom, simplifying their installation
compared to the rigid rectangular ones. In the present study, numerical simulations were …