ABSTRACT
The overall geometry of the vertical breakwater is defined in Figure 4. The wall on top of the caisson has a width of 5 m at the base and 2.5 m at the top. The caisson is assumed to consist of reinforced concrete backfilled with sand. It has been found that the stress levels will not lead to failure in the concrete. Hence, the structure is modelled as a linear elastic material with the properties listed in Figure 4, where E, ν and ρ
signify Young’s modulus, Poisson’s ratio and the total mass density, respectively.
