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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Built Environ.
Sec. Coastal and Offshore Engineering
Volume 10 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2024.1495704

Experimental Study on Hydrodynamic Characteristics of a Taut Moored Floating Box

Provisionally accepted
QiaoLing JI QiaoLing JI *Xiuru Jia Xiuru Jia Yan Xu Yan Xu Zhenyu Li Zhenyu Li Yu Cheng Yu Cheng
  • Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China

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    To investigate the hydrodynamic capabilities of the floating breakwater with a taut mooring system, a two-dimensional physical modelling experiment was performed to investigate the hydrodynamic characteristics of the hydrodynamic pressure on the front surface of the floating box, mooring line tension and transmission coefficient under regular waves, considering factors such as mooring angle, mooring line pre-tension and relative width. The results show that, with the increase of the mooring angle, the hydrodynamic pressure on the floating box first increases and then decreases, the mooring line tension first increases and then decreases slightly, and the transmission coefficient obviously decreases. As the mooring line pre-tension increases, the hydrodynamic pressure and the mooring line tension increase, and the transmission coefficient first decreases and then increases. As the relative width increases, the hydrodynamic pressure, mooring line tension and transmission coefficient all show a decreasing trend. The results can provide a reference for the design and safety assessment of taut moored single pontoon floating breakwater.

    Keywords: taut moored, floating breakwater, Wave dissipation performance, Mooring tension, Transmission coefficient, Hydrodynamic pressure

    Received: 13 Sep 2024; Accepted: 27 Nov 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 JI, Jia, Xu, Li and Cheng. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: QiaoLing JI, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China

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