Performance of an inclined thin plate in wave attenuation

ABSTRACT Acanal, L., Loukogeorgaki, E., Yagci, O., Kirca, V.S.O. and Akgul, A., 2013. Performance of an inclined thin plate in wave attenuation In practice, in some cases, tandemly applied pile-mounted horizontal or inclined thin plates emerge as functional coastal structures in terms of diminishing wave height in front of Rubble Mound Breakwaters (RMBs) and consequently, reduce the required armor unit size and RMB's overall weight. In this study, the hydrodynamic performance of an Inclined Thin Plate (ITP) under regular waves is experimentally investigated. The objective of the laboratory experiments is the assessment of the ITP's efficiency in terms of wave attenuation. Various inclination angles in combination with different submergence degree of the structure under various wave conditions are examined. Regarding the examined ITP configurations, three different inclination angles are considered, i.e. 5, 10, and 15 deg as well as a horizontal plate on the free surface. For the inclined configurations, I...