Numerical modeling of failure mechanisms in articulated concrete block mattress as a sustainable coastal protection structure

R Safari Ghaleh, O Aminoroayaie Yamini, SH Mousavi… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Shoreline protection remains a global priority. Typically, coastal areas are protected by
armoring them with hard, non-native, and non-sustainable materials such as limestone. To …

[HTML][HTML] Surface roughness measurement for the assessment of damage dynamics of existing and upgraded cube-armored breakwaters

M Stagnitti, RE Musumeci, E Foti - Coastal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Behavior of existing or upgraded rubble-mound breakwaters with non-conventional
geometry, layering and surface porosity may be quite different from what predicted by state …

Experimental analysis of breakwater stability with antifer concrete block

SH Mousavi, MR Kavianpour… - Marine Georesources …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Armor is a pavement made of erosion-resistant materials like a stone or concrete that is
constructed to protect breakwater, coasts, and other coastal line features against erosion …

[HTML][HTML] Simulating three dimensional wave run-up over breakwaters covered by antifer units

A Najafi-Jilani, MZ Niri, N Naderi - … Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean …, 2014 - Elsevier
The paper presents the numerical analysis of wave run-up over rubble-mound breakwaters
covered by antifer units using a technique integrating Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of hydraulic and structural parameters on the wave run-up over the berm breakwaters

F Milanian, MZ Niri, A Najafi-Jilani - International Journal of Naval …, 2017 - Elsevier
The main aim of this study is to investigate the effect of berm breakwater on wave run-up. A
total of 200 numerical analysis tests have been carried out in this paper to investigate the …

[PDF][PDF] The design of slushflow barriers: Laboratory experiments

KM Hákonardóttir, KH Ágústsdóttir - … and Other Rapid Gravity Mass Flows …, 2019 - vedur.is
We report on a series of laboratory experiments to study the interaction of slushflows with
catching dams. The aim of the experiments is to identify an engineering design that …

Investigation of performance of rock and artificial rubble mound breakwater armour using physical modelling and OpenFOAM

E Safa, A Mojtahedi, MAL Yaghin - 2024 - researchsquare.com
The widely used traditional armour units might be promoted by more detailed analysis for
better performance. This research investigates the stability, run-up and overtopping …

[PDF][PDF] Inter-dependence of Antifer armour stability along different segments of breakwaters as witnessed from physical model testing

S Wickramaratne, N Engiliyage, G Caldera, I Kumara… - researchgate.net
This paper elucidates the significance in design philosophy with respect to consistency in
the design in each segment of breakwater when a less-interlocking armour type, Antifer is …

Application of neural network models to improve prediction accuracy of wave run-up on antifer covered breakwater

A Rabiei, A Najafi-Jilani, M Zakeri-Niri - Scientia Iranica, 2017 - scientiairanica.sharif.edu
The primary goal of this study is to present a better way in terms of cost and experimenting
duration, instead of using experimental ways for investigating the wave run-up (Ru) over …

Wave run-up prediction on antifer armor using neural network method

A Rabiei, A Najafi-Jilani, MZ Niri - Coastal Engineering …, 2014 - icce-ojs-tamu.tdl.org
The certainly goal of this study is to present the better way from terms of cost and
experimenting duration, instead using experimental ways for investigates the wave run-up …