Abstract
Flexible plates or membranes located on the sea surface can be effective for attenuation waves approaching the beach. The most efficient structures should be found through comprehensive research using developed experiments and theory. Our experimental work was focused on the wave propagation and attenuation passing through floating elastic structures. The experiments were conducted at the wave flume of Tainan Hydraulics Laboratory, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. The experiment mainly analyzes the reflection coefficient, transmission coefficient and energy loss of the regular wave of intermediate water depth after passing through the elastic structure under different wave steepness and other different wave conditions. Our experiments also explore the comparison of energy dissipation effects and the differences in motion characteristics between different elastic plates and different plate fixing methods. Three elastic materials were tested in the experiments: Latex, cool cotton and polyvinyl chloride (PVC). A model of a thin elastic plate covering the sea surface was used to evaluate the effectiveness of the structure of the wave barrier. The results of experiments carried out in the wave flume were compared with theoretical predictions in a wide range of generated waves.
Highlights
Taiwan is densely populated and surrounded by the sea
The design of highly adaptable floating breakwater is widely used in marine engineering, because various types of breakwaters may have different interactions with waves to achieve the effect of energy dissipation
The elastic plate interacts with the surrounding water and has its own life—a set of natural modes of oscillation, depending on the bending stiffness, geometric dimensions, mooring, etc
Summary
Taiwan is densely populated and surrounded by the sea. the continuous development of inland lands, and the development of areas around the coast is quite frequent. Experimental study of the transmission and reflection coefficient of waves of intermediate water depth through a lattice-shaped perforated horizontal plate was presented in [9]. The experimental results suggest that as the length and wavelength ratio of the structure and the steepness of the wave increase, the transmission coefficient decreases.
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