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A Breakwater can be designed for several different purposes; the basic function of such kind breakwater is to protect the water region against waves. It provides a tranquility condition for ships to navigate, moor, and for cargo handling. These vertical structures (caisson) are more economical compared to the rubble mound breakwater, especially in deeper water depths. There is a demand to expand existing ports or to make them more profound, to provide a sufficient tranquil harbor basin in deep-water due to increasing draught of large vessels. The material required for rubble mound breakwaters increase quadratic with depth, but the volume of the caisson is less than that needed for a rubble mound breakwater because the latter increases with the square of water depth. This paper concerned the previous design and failure mechanism on caisson breakwater and highlights the future studies for such kind of breakwater.
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The authors are thankful to the Director of National Institute of Technology Karnataka and Head of Dept. of Applied Mechanics and Hydraulics of the institute for providing access to wave flume facility and for their continuous support. Also, the authors gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance provided by Ministry of Earth Sciences under ESTC-COT cell, Govt. of India.
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Gedda, A.B., Manu, Rao, S. (2019). A Review on Stability of Caisson Breakwater. In: Rathinasamy, M., Chandramouli, S., Phanindra, K., Mahesh, U. (eds) Water Resources and Environmental Engineering I. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2044-6_8
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