Simulation of a Wave Hydrodynamic Numerical Model on a Single Vertical Porous Breakwater

Abstract

One of the problems in the coastal area is a change in the coastline in the form of a coastline retreat which results in the loss or damage of infrastructure and settlement facilities caused by extreme sea wave activity. One way to anticipate this problem is to build a breakwater. This research is focused on the effect of porosity and freeboard on the transmission and reflection of waves in a single vertical porous breakwater. Numerical modeling was done using a 3D Numerical Wave Tank (NWT) based on Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamic (SPH). The numerical model results show that the average transmission and reflection coefficients are 0.58 and 0.42. In addition, it can be seen that the freeboard and porosity influence the value of the transmission and reflection coefficients. Generally, the smaller the freeboard, the greater the transmission coefficient and the smaller the reflection coefficient. Meanwhile, the greater the porosity, the greater the transmission coefficient, and vice versa, the smaller the reflection.