Article | REF: C4631 V1

Wave protection structures

Author: Daniel CAMINADE

Publication date: August 10, 1995

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5. Model studies

Note :

The reader is referred to the article Models in marine hydraulics [C 182] in this treatise, where he will find a wealth of useful information.

For the designer of a wave protection structure, these studies are of vital interest, since testing is in fact the only means of verification.

5.1 The need for such studies

The design rules set out above are the fruit of experience, and while they can be used to design a preliminary project, they cannot be used to optimize it.

Furthermore, the formulas used, particularly those relating to the stability of structures, are semi-empirical...

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