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Estimation of flow through offshore breakwater gaps generated by wave overtopping

William N. Seelig, Todd L. Walton

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This report presents a method for estimating the net flow through the gaps of offshore segmented breakwaters caused by wave overtopping of the breakwaters. The method was developed so that either monochromatic or irregular waves can be specified. Example problems illustrate the effects of wave height and period, breakwater freeboard, spacing between breakwaters, and shore attachment on the flow rate. Computations may be done manually or by using the computer program, BWFLOW2, available from the Corps of Engineers Computer Library, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi. (Author)

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Key concepts: Breakwater, Freeboard, Submarine pipeline, Marine engineering, Engineering, Shore, Flow (mathematics), Monochromatic electromagnetic plane wave