Evaluation of wave impact loads on caisson breakwaters based on joint probability of impact maxima and rise times

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-27

  Cuomo, Giovanni ^a,b   Piscopia, Rodolfo ^c   Allsop, William ^d,e  

^a HR Wallingford   (United Kingdom)

^b HAREC srl   (Italy)

^c Aquatecno srl   (Italy)

^d Maritime Structures   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caisson breakwaters; Coastal structures; Design load; Joint probability; Performance design; Probabilistic design methods; Wave impacts; Wave loads

Indexed keywords

COASTAL STRUCTURES; DESIGN LOAD; JOINT PROBABILITY; PERFORMANCE DESIGN; PROBABILISTIC DESIGN; WAVE IMPACTS; WAVE LOADS;

BREAKWATERS; CAISSONS; DESIGN; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FORECASTING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; PRESSURE VESSELS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SAFETY FACTOR; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TANKERS (SHIPS); UNDERWATER FOUNDATIONS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

BREAKWATER; CAISSON; DESIGN METHOD; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; LOADING; PROBABILITY; SEA WALL; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 78349305294     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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