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Rubble-mound structures have been used for thousands of years for harbours and coastal lines protection against wave action. Perhaps the oldest use of rubble-mound breakwaters was that found in the ancient City of Alexandria at the Pharaoh Port. The course of progress in design procedures for rubble-mound has been from mere experience and judgement to physical modelling and the use of empirical equations. The purpose of this paper is to shed some lights on the numerous facets of the problem of wave interaction with rubble-mounds and the possibilities of using numerical modelling in the design of such structures.
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Hannoura, A.A., Barends, F.B. (1982). Numerical Modelling of Rubble Mound Breakwaters. In: Holz, K.P., Meissner, U., Zielke, W., Brebbia, C.A., Pinder, G., Gray, W. (eds) Finite Elements in Water Resources. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02348-8_60
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