Economical and stability analysis of the single layer rubble mound breakwaters

ABSTRACTMSc THESISECONOMICAL and STABILITY ANALYSIS OF THESINGLE LAYER RUBBLE MOUND BREAKWATERSMustafa Can TAŞDEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERINGINSTITUTE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCEUNIVERSITY OF CUKUROVASupervisor: Assist Prof.Dr. Mustafa MAMAKYear:2006 Pages:70Jury: Assist. Prof. Dr. Mustafa MAMAKAssist. Prof. Dr. Zeliha SELEKAssist. Prof. Dr. Hatice ÇAĞATAYMost rubble mound breakwaters in the world have an armour which consistof two layers of units. After 1950?s prefabricated concrete blocks have been startedto use instead of rock armouring. These blocks have brought the economical andstability advantages with together. This type of breakwaters have had two layersuntil Accropodes had developed. More economical and more stable single layerbreakwaters have started to issue with Accropodes and Core-locsTM .In this thesis study, firstly, prefabricated blocks have been introduced andtheir Single Layer-Double layer application types have been compared and for thecomparison between the rock armouring and the block armouring, economical andstability analysis have been made on a single layer breakwater sample which wasarmoured with core- locs.Key Words: Core-LocTM , stability, breakwaters,single layer, armouringII