Application of the potential method for solving problem of the wave transformation through curtain wall-type breakwater with the boundary element method

Abstract

      Curtain wall-type breakwater composed of a vertical wall supported by piles. Between the bottom edge of the wall and seabed have openings to allow fluid to flow through, which is used to control surface waves in coastal areas.

    The report presents a theoretical and computational algorithm of transformation of waves encountering flat and thin curtain wall-type breakwater without holes by the boundary element method.

    A calculation program to study regular wave transformation through the curtain wall-types breakwater by the boundary element method based on the programming language Fortran 90 is the result of this study.

    The calculations compare with this program shows that, when submerged depth of curtaim walls decreases, the wave transformation through the wall rises, and in shallow water the wave transformation through curtain walls is larger than in deep water.