![]() They may be suitable for areas where summer anchorage or moorage is required. Ice problems: Floating breakwaters can be removed and towed to protected areas if ice formation is a problem.Water quality: Floating breakwaters present a minimum interference with water circulation and fish migration.Deep water: In water depths in excess of 6 m, bottom connected breakwaters are often more expensive than floating breakwaters.Poor foundation: Floating breakwaters might be a proper solution where poor foundations possibilities prohibit the application of bottom supported breakwaters.Some of the conditions that favour floating breakwaters are : ![]() Therefore, they are used for protecting small craft harbours or marinas or, less frequently, the shoreline, aiming at erosion control. It can be effective in coastal areas with mild wave environment conditions. The writing of EurOtop was supported and partly funded in the UK by the Joint FCERM Research Programme and coordinated by the Environment Agency, in Germany by the German Coastal Engineering Research Council (KFKI), in the Netherlands by Rijkswaterstaat, Netherlands Expertise Network for Flood Protection.Figure 1 Example of floating box-breakwater (Fezzano,SP-Italy courtesy of INGEMAR srl)įloating breakwaters provide a relatively cheap solution to protect an area from wave attack, compared to conventional fixed breakwaters. ![]()
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