Probabilistic assessment of the safety of sea defenses using level II and level III methods

Authors

  • Maria Teresa Reis Núcleo de Portos e Estruturas Marítimas, Departamento de Hidráulica e Ambiente, Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil,
  • João Alfredo Santos Núcleo de Portos e Estruturas Marítimas, Departamento de Hidráulica e Ambiente, Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil,

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/1647-7723_18_6

Keywords:

Sea defences, armour stability, wave overtopping, safety assessment, probabilistic methods of level II and level III.

Abstract

This paper illustrates the work that the Harbours and Maritime Structures Division of LNEC has been developing on the assessment of the safety of sea defences with respect to their armour stability and wave overtopping using level II and level III methods. Two case studies are shown: 1) safety assessment regarding the failure mode of wave overtopping of a seawall; and 2) safety assessment regarding the failure mode of armour layer instability of a rubble mound breakwater.

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Published

2011-07-29

Issue

No. 18 (2011): Affirming the Cindinics Sciences

Section

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