Wave Run-Up on the Zeebrugge Rubble Mound Breakwater: Full-Scale Measurement Results

Julien De Rouck; Björn Van de Walle; Peter Troch; Jentsje van der Meer; Luc Van Damme; Josep R. Medina; Marc Willems; Peter Frigaard

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1 May 2007 Wave Run-Up on the Zeebrugge Rubble Mound Breakwater: Full-Scale Measurement Results

Julien De Rouck, Björn Van de Walle, Peter Troch, Jentsje van der Meer, Luc Van Damme, Josep R. Medina, Marc Willems, Peter Frigaard

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J. of Coastal Research, 2007(233):577-583 (2007). https://doi.org/10.2112/04-0157.1

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Full-scale wave run-up measurements have been carried out on the Zeebrugge rubble mound breakwater in the frame of the EU-funded OPTICREST project. Wave run-up has been measured by a run-up gauge and by a so-called spi-derweb system. The dimensionless wave run-up value Ru_2%/H_m₀ measured in Zeebrugge equals 1.77 for Iribarren number ξ_om = 3.63. An (apparent) influence of the water level on wave run-up has been observed. The porosity of the armor layer has a significant influence on wave run-up and may explain the dependency of wave run-up on the water level observed in Zeebrugge. Full-scale measurement results have been compared to literature data. The full-scale wave run-up data are in good agreement with the existing results of wave run-up tests with rip-rap slopes but are clearly higher than other wave run-up data resulting from tests with rubble mound breakwaters.

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Julien De Rouck, Björn Van de Walle, Peter Troch, Jentsje van der Meer, Luc Van Damme, Josep R. Medina, Marc Willems, and Peter Frigaard "Wave Run-Up on the Zeebrugge Rubble Mound Breakwater: Full-Scale Measurement Results," Journal of Coastal Research 2007(233), 577-583, (1 May 2007). https://doi.org/10.2112/04-0157.1

Received: 23 January 2004; Accepted: 3 January 2005; Published: 1 May 2007

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