Hydrodynamic Performance of a Floating Breakwater with Pneumatic Chambers in Parallel Arrangement

摘要

Combing the wave energy devices with coastal structures has drawnincreasing attention during the past years due to the multi-function ofthe integrated system. In this study, the hydrodynamic performance of afloating breakwater integrated with multi-pneumatic chambers isexperimentally investigated. The pneumatic chambers (i.e., OWC) wereinserted into the breakwater side by side in the wave crest direction, i.e.,in the longitudinal direction of the breakwater. And the breakwaterlength was set to equal to the flume width. The effect of the number ofthe chambers on the hydrodynamic performance of the integratedsystem was investigated by keeping the total length of the breakwaterconstant. The results indicate that the reflected waves can be reducedeffectively by integrated OWC chambers into the breakwater.