Performance of geogrid reinforced fill at inner layer of the rubble-mound breakwater

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Abstract

One of the most common and most conventional way to protecting a coastal area from excessive wave action is built rubble mound breakwaters. Main cost of the breakwater construction is due to the supply and transport costs of very heavy rocks from the quarries to the construction sites or built artificial blocks such as tetrapods, cubes, antifers. Usually, rubble-mound breakwaters consist of a single or double rows armor layer, one or more inner layer filled with relatively smaller size rocks, and of an impermeable core part. In this study, geogrid application in breakwaters as an inner layer and their efficiency from the stability point of view was experimentally studied. The aim of the study was to investigate the performance of geogrid as an alternative for one or two-layer inner zones in breakwaters in order to ensure an easier construction and more economical solution.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication13th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference and EXPO - Geoconference on Science and Technologies in Geology, Exploration and Mining, SGEM 2013
Pages525-532
Number of pages8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event13th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference and EXPO, SGEM 2013 - Albena, Bulgaria
Duration: 16 Jun 201322 Jun 2013

Publication series

NameInternational Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference Surveying Geology and Mining Ecology Management, SGEM
Volume2
ISSN (Print)1314-2704

Conference

Conference13th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Geoconference and EXPO, SGEM 2013
Country/TerritoryBulgaria
CityAlbena
Period16/06/1322/06/13

Keywords

  • Armoring layer stability
  • Geogrid
  • Rubble-mound breakwater

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