Abstract
Geotextile Tube is an innovative technology which can be used as the core of a breakwater structure to address shoreline erosion problems. One of the advantages of Geotextile Tubes is the use of sand fill material which is available in most project sites. Another significant advantage of Geotextile Tube system is simple and fast in installation When a filled Geotextile Tube is combined with rocks and concrete armour units, Geotextile Tube Breakwaters become an effective structure in absorbing wave energy thus preventing shoreline abrasion.
Highlights
Geotextile Tube is an innovative technology which can be used as the core of a breakwater structure to address shoreline erosion problems
The breakwater is very important because of its function as a retaining structure and as protection of reclamation area against abrasion from sea-wave. The challenges of this project are: seabed consists of a thick soft soil layer; sea waves; sea currents; and extreme tidal conditions. To meet with these challenges, geotextile tube was selected to serve as a containment dyke, as well as forming the core of the breakwater with A-Jack concrete blocks as the armour layer
This Paper will discuss the effectiveness of geotextile tube application as the core of the breakwater in Reclamation of ‘K’ island, North of Jakarta, Indonesia
Summary
The breakwater (which in this project is part of the containment dyke structure) is very important because of its function as a retaining structure and as protection of reclamation area against abrasion from sea-wave The challenges of this project are: seabed consists of a thick soft soil layer ( the bearing capacity is very low); sea waves; sea currents; and extreme tidal conditions. To meet with these challenges, geotextile tube was selected to serve as a containment dyke, as well as forming the core of the breakwater with A-Jack concrete blocks as the armour layer. Breakwater Design From the historical tidal data range taken between 1978 to 2006, the following tidal design parameters were determined 1.29 m HHWL, 0.6 m MSL, and 0 m LLWL (Table 1)
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