An experimental model test study is carried out to investigate damage pattern and\udprogression on a rock armoured breakwater roundhead subjected to multidirectional waves.\udConcerning damage pattern, the most critical sector is observed to shift leeward with increasing wave\udperiod. Taking angles relative to mean wave direction, the critical sector is observed in the sector 10°-\ud55° for short waves and in the sector 100°-145° for long waves. A probabilistic approach is developed\udto predict for one typical roundhead geometry the damage distribution depending on the incoming\udwaves and structural characteristics. The damage progression is observed dependent on significant\udwave height and peak wave period, but not on the directional spreading and the spectral width of the\udincident waves. Combining the results of both damage pattern and damage progression, a stability\udformula for the distribution of damage over the roundhead is developed. Thus the formula also\udconsiders the shifting of the critical sector due to increasing wave period which existing formulae do\udnot include. Finally, analysing the damage produced by double peaked spectra, it is shown that the\udarmour may be designed by the formula when using the total significant wave height and an equivalent\udpeak period.
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