Effective Estimation of Water Waves Scattering by Double-Row Pile Breakwaters
This paper describes various hydraulic characteristic of double-row pile breakwaters (DPB). Applying an eigenfunction expansion method, a numerical method have been developed that can compute wave transmission, reflection, and other hydraulic characteristics. To verify the validity of developed prediction, laboratory experiments of Isaascson et al. (1999) have been utilized. Then for an efficient calculation, optimum number of necessary evanescent waves for an effective and efficient prediction is discussed for various hydraulic quantities of interest. In a nutshell, for an effective and efficient performance of the DPB, intermediate water wave and porosity range of [0.2 0.3] are recommended. Relative distance between two barriers must be set depending on significant wave length of design.