Probabilistic Design Tools for Vertical Breakwaters

Hocine Oumeraci and Andreas Kortenhaus both Technical University of Braunschweig, Leichtwei?-Institut für Wasserbau, Braunschweig, Germany. , William Allsop, HR Wallingford, Wallingford, U.K. Maarten de Groot, Geodelft, Delft, The Netherlands. Roger Crouch, University of Sheffield, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Sheffield, U.K. Han Vrijling and Hessel Voortman, both Delft University of Technology, Hydraulic and Offshore Engineering Section, Delft, The Netherlands.

• PREFACE, CHAPTER 1 1.1 GENERAL BACKGROUND, OPPORTUNITY AND MOTIVATIONS 1.2 BRIEF PRESENTATION OF PROVERBS 1.3 KEY RESULTS AND THEIR PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE CHAPTER 2 2.1 INTRODUCTION 2.2 WAVESATTHESTRUCTURE 2.3 HYDRAULIC RESPONSES 2.4 PULSATING WAVE LOADS 2.5 WAVE IMPACT LOADS 2.6 BROKEN WAVE LOADS 2.7 FIELD MEASUREMENTS AND DATABASE 2.8 ALTERNATIVE LOW REFLECTION STRUCTURES CHAPTER 3 3.1 INTRODUCTION 3.2 GUIDELINES FOR MODELLING 3.3 SOIL INVESTIGATIONS AND SOIL PARAMETERS 3.4 DYNAMICS 3.5 INSTANTANEOUS PORE PRESSURES AND UPLIFT FORCES 3.6 DEGRADATION AND RESIDUAL PORE PRESSURES 3.7 LIMIT STATE EQUATIONS AND OTHER CALCULATION METHODS FOR STABILITY AND DEFORMATION 3.8 UNCERTAINTIES 3.9 INFLUENCE OF DESIGN PARAMETERS 3.10 POSSIBILITIES FOR DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS CHAPTER 4 4.1 INTRODUCTION 4.2 GENERIC TYPES OF REINFORCED CONCRETE CAISSONS 4.3 LOADS ACTING ON THE CAISSON 4.4 GEOMECHANICAL FACTORS RELEVANT TO THE STRUCUTRAL RESPONSE 4.5 HYDRAULIC DATA REQUIRED TO DESIGN A REINFORCED CONCRETE CAISSON 4.6 FAILURE MODES ASSOCIATED WITH PRE-SERVICE AND IN[1]SERVICE CONDITIONS 4.7 THE NEED FOR A NEW INTEGRATED DESIGN CODE 4.8 SIMPLIFIED LIMIT STATE EQUATIONS 4.9 UNCERTAINTIES ATTRIBUTED TO THE LS EQUATIONS: MORE REFINED STRUCTURAL MODELS 4.10 CONSTRUCTION ISSUES CHAPTER 5 5.1 INTRODUCTION 5.2 GENERAL INTRODUCTION OF PROBABILISTIC METHODS 5.3 PROBABILISTIC METHODS APPLIED TO VERTICAL BREAKWATERS IN GENERAL 5.4 CASE STUDIES 5.5 PERSPECTIVES CHAPTER 6 6.1 HYDRAULIC ASPECTS 6.2 GEOTECHNICAL ASPECTS 6.3 STRUCTURAL ASPECTS 6.4 PROBABILISTIC ASPECTS ANNEXES.