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The present study proposes a new semi-immersed Jarlan-type perforated breakwater including a perforated front wall, a solid rear wall, and a horizontal perforated plate connecting the lower tips of the two walls. An analytical solution is developed to estimate the hydrodynamic performance of the new breakwater. The analytical solution is confirmed by solutions for special cases, an independently developed multi-domain boundary element method solution and experimental data. Numerical examples based on the analytical solution indicate that compared with previous semi-immersed breakwaters, the new breakwater may have better wave-absorbing performance and smaller wave forces. Some useful results are presented for practical designs of semi-immersed Jarlan-type perforated breakwaters.
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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51322903 and 51279224), and Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (Grant No. NCET-13-0528).
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Liu, Y., Yao, Zl. & Li, Hj. Analytical and experimental studies on hydrodynamic performance of semi-immersed Jarlan-type perforated breakwaters. China Ocean Eng 29, 793–806 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13344-015-0056-5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13344-015-0056-5