Author(s)

T. Zographou & C.D. Memos

Abstract

The present study tackles the problem of random wave diffraction through an opening between two breakwaters forming an arbitrary angle. The numerical scheme used is result-oriented and employs the solution regarding the diffraction coefficient k for the monochromatic case. The study comprises two parts, the first dealing with uni-directional and the second with multi-directional incoming spectra. A simple energy conservation principle applied to a number of components associated with the monochromatic solution of the diffraction problem, produced one-dimensional spectra of the diffracted waves at any point in the lee of the breakwaters. A compound diffraction coefficient K could thus be established in terms of the k's and the characteristics of t

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