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CALCULATION OF PARTIAL SAFETY FACTORS OF BREAKWATER ARMOR STONES CONSIDERING CORRELATION BETWEEN WAVE HEIGHT AND WAVE STEEPNESS.
- Source :
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Coastal Engineering Journal . Mar2010, Vol. 52 Issue 1, p1-16. 16p. 1 Diagram, 5 Charts, 3 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- In calculating the partial safety factors of breakwater armor stones, it has been assumed that all the design variables are independent of one another. However, some of them are not independent but are correlated to each other. In the present study, the partial safety factors are calculated by considering the correlation between wave height and wave steepness. Smaller partial safety factors and smaller armor weight are obtained if the correlation is taken into account. The reduction becomes prominent as the probability of failure decreases (or the design armor weight increases). The correlation between wave height and steepness in real sea is also estimated by using the wave hindcasting data around the Korean Peninsula. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *BREAKWATERS
*HYDRAULIC structures
*OCEAN waves
*SEA-walls
*EMBANKMENTS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21664250
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Coastal Engineering Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 48837388
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1142/S0578563410002105