Wave attenuation characteristics of single row of perforated hollow piles in laboratory

Abstract

Laboratory investigation on perforated hollow piles in a single row was conducted in a two dimensional regular wave flume to study the performance of such an arrangement in dissipating wave energy. The influence of spacing between the piles, size of perforations, different percentage of perforations and water depth on wave attenuation has been investigated. It is found that water depth has insignificant effect on transmission coefficient (K(t)) at higher wave steepness. K(t) decreases as the relative clear spacing of piles (b/D) decreases and also it decreases as the incident wave steepness increases. At lower value of b/D, K(t) decreases with increase in percentage of perforations. For the same percentage of perforations, the pile groups with larger size of perforations transmit more wave energy than pile groups with smaller size of perforations. The perforated hollow pile breakwater is an alternative solution to protect the coast from erosion where the erosion is due to wave energy concentration or onshore offshore movement of sand.