Tandem Breakwater consists of a submerged reef breakwater constructed at some distance in front of a conventional non-overtopping rubble mound breakwater. The submerged reef breakwater breaks the high waves and the stilling basin between two breakwaters attenuates them. Hence, smaller waves approach the non-overtopping rubble mound breakwater and break on it. Therefore, the non-overtopping rubble mound breakwater may be designed for smaller waves, resulting in relatively lighter armour stones. In the model studies, it has been found that for a relative breakwater spacing X/d varying from 3.33 to 4.29 between the breakwaters, the damage of a tandem Breakwater is 20% to 60% less as compared with a single breakwater for similar operating criteria. © 2003 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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dc.contributor.authorShirlal, K.G.
dc.contributor.authorRao, S.
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-05T11:00:30Z
dc.date.issuedLaboratory studies on the stability of tandem breakwater
dc.description.abstract2003
dc.identifier.citationISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 2003, 9, 1, pp. 36-45
dc.identifier.issn9715010
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09715010.2003.10514724
dc.identifier.urihttps://idr.nitk.ac.in/handle/123456789/27986
dc.subjectBreakwater
dc.subjectDamage level
dc.subjectReef breakwater
dc.subjectTandem breakwater
dc.subjectTransmission
dc.subjectWave attenuation
dc.subjectWave run-up and Wave run-down
dc.titleTandem Breakwater consists of a submerged reef breakwater constructed at some distance in front of a conventional non-overtopping rubble mound breakwater. The submerged reef breakwater breaks the high waves and the stilling basin between two breakwaters attenuates them. Hence, smaller waves approach the non-overtopping rubble mound breakwater and break on it. Therefore, the non-overtopping rubble mound breakwater may be designed for smaller waves, resulting in relatively lighter armour stones. In the model studies, it has been found that for a relative breakwater spacing X/d varying from 3.33 to 4.29 between the breakwaters, the damage of a tandem Breakwater is 20% to 60% less as compared with a single breakwater for similar operating criteria. © 2003 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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