The AKROKERAMOS Project
a brief Synopsis
DAEDALUS Informatics
Athens, Greece 01/10/1994
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3. The AKROKERAMOS breakwater

3.3.  Mapping of the Sea-Bed forefront Landscape

 
 

The sea-bed profile is often of significant consideration -particularly so for next-to- shore or, near-shore devices, as it is the decisive factor for useful wave energy dissipation. Although a complex theoretical subject in Coastal Engineering, it is also quite difficult to assess in wave energy application projects. Hence, gradual depth reduction, sea-bed deformations and anomalies, and, particularly, the formation of a “breaker bar”,  are issues directly affecting the useful wave energy spectrum, as well as the individual wave profile.
The AKROKERAMOS project was not specifically –or extensively- concerned with sea-bed mapping and consequent wave energy spectrum re-evaluation issues, mainly because the depth frontward to the breakwater exceeded 20m, as to be considered to cause an insignificant reduction.
 
 
Wave energy to sea-bed interaction profile
 - schematic -

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