Breakwater documentation

Date:March 2022 Author:Sander Winkel Contact:pybreakwater@gmail.com LinkedIn:linkedin.com/in/sander-winkel Master thesis:Developing a design automation tool for the conceptual design of breakwaters Copyright:This document has been placed in the public domain. License:Breakwater is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Version:1.0.1

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Purpose
  • 1.2. Background Information
  • 1.3. Features
  • 1.4. Getting Started
• 2. Installation
  • 2.1. Dependencies
  • 2.2. Installation
  • 2.3. Bugs and Feature Requests
• 3. Tutorial
  • 3.1. Rubble Mound Design
  • 3.2. Monolithic Breakwater Design
  • 3.3. Design Automation
• 4. Limit State
  • 4.1. Define Limit State
  • 4.2. Compute wave heights
• 5. Material
  • 5.1. Rock
  • 5.2. Concrete Armour Units
• 6. Design Automation
  • 6.1. File Reader
  • 6.2. Interactive Design Application
  • 6.3. Configurations Design
• 7. Breakwater types
  • 7.1. Conventional Rubble Mound
  • 7.2. (Composite) vertical
• 8. Stability of Rock and Armour Units
  • 8.1. Armour Layer
  • 8.2. Toe
  • 8.3. Substructure
• 9. Stability of Monolithic breakwaters
• 10. Overtopping
  • 10.1. Rubble mound
  • 10.2. Vertical and Composite Vertical
• 11. Geotechnical stability
  • 11.1. Define Soil
  • 11.2. Slip Circle
  • 11.3. Scour
• 12. Reading Excel files
  • 12.1. Creating Excel input file
  • 12.2. Parametric Design
  • 12.3. Material
• 13. Breakwater Database
• 14. References