TY - JOUR
T1 - Review of recent research and developments on floating breakwaters
AU - Dai, Jian
AU - Wang, Chien Ming
AU - Utsunomiya, Tomoaki
AU - Duan, Wenhui
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful for the financial support provided by the Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Research Hub for nanoscience based construction material manufacturing (IH150100006) and the Australian Research Council under the Discovery Project scheme (DP170104546).
Funding Information:
The authors are grateful for the financial support provided by the Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Research Hub for nanoscience based construction material manufacturing ( IH150100006 ) and the Australian Research Council under the Discovery Project scheme ( DP170104546 ).
PY - 2018/6/15
Y1 - 2018/6/15
N2 - Floating breakwaters are an effective solution for protecting fragile beaches from being washed away, coastlines from erosion, floating structures, marinas and ports from strong wave action. This paper presents a literature review on the research and developments of floating breakwaters. Floating breakwaters may be categorized into seven main types, namely, the box-type, the pontoon-type, the frame-type, the mat-type, the tethered float type, the horizontal plate type and other types. The research and developments as well as the performance of these different types of floating breakwaters and wave attenuating devices are reviewed and discussed.
AB - Floating breakwaters are an effective solution for protecting fragile beaches from being washed away, coastlines from erosion, floating structures, marinas and ports from strong wave action. This paper presents a literature review on the research and developments of floating breakwaters. Floating breakwaters may be categorized into seven main types, namely, the box-type, the pontoon-type, the frame-type, the mat-type, the tethered float type, the horizontal plate type and other types. The research and developments as well as the performance of these different types of floating breakwaters and wave attenuating devices are reviewed and discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2018.03.083
DO - 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2018.03.083
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85044931276
SN - 0029-8018
VL - 158
SP - 132
EP - 151
JO - Ocean Engineering
JF - Ocean Engineering
ER -