A Kind of Floating Breakwater Sheltering Deep Water Aquaculture

Abstract:

This paper briefly introduces the design, construction and wave attenuation effect test of a kind of floating breakwater sheltering deep water aquaculture. This novel floating breakwater structure is composed of 28 standard modules and corresponding anchoring systems, and each standard module comprises a catamaran raft and a wave-attenuating and oscillation-inhibiting device, with a length of 30 m, a width of 7 m, a depth of 2 m and a draft of 1.1 m. Each catamaran raft employs a box-shaped multi-ribbed beam-and-slab structure, and was constructed using high-performance concrete and ferrocement materials and internally filled with polystyrene foam plastics. Each wave-attenuating and oscillation-inhibiting device uses a detachable split box-shaped structure and was pre-fabricated using high-performance concrete, with a length of 2 m, a width of 1.638 m and a height of 2 m. Each standard module is anchored using 6 anchor chains, each of which has an on-floor length of about 25 m. After construction, this floating breakwater system was tested for wave attenuation effect, and the data analysis results show that the floating breakwater system has a wave attenuation effect of up to 50 %.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 580-583)
• Pages: 2170-2176
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.580-583.2170
• Online since: July 2014
• Authors: Xiao Fei Cheng*
• Keywords: Catamaran Raft, Floating Breakwater, Wave-Attenuating and Oscillation-Inhibiting Device

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