Probabilistic Design Tools for Vertical Breakwaters

This work describes the key results of the European research project called PROVERBS to develop and implement probability-based methods for the design of monolithic coastal structures and breakwaters subject to sea wave attacks. The issues treated include the hydrodynamic, geotechnical and structural processes involved in the wave-structure-foundation interactions and in the associated failure mechanisms.

Hocine Oumeraci and Andreas Kortenhaus both Technical University of Braunschweig, Leichtwei?-Institut für Wasserbau, Braunschweig, Germany. , William Allsop, HR Wallingford, Wallingford, U.K. Maarten de Groot, Geodelft, Delft, The Netherlands. Roger Crouch, University of Sheffield, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, Sheffield, U.K. Han Vrijling and Hessel Voortman, both Delft University of Technology, Hydraulic and Offshore Engineering Section, Delft, The Netherlands.