Download or read book Practical Views on the Design of Mound Breakwaters written by Per Bruun and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is written in continuation of an article on "Common reasons for breakdown of rubble mound breakwaters" published in Vol. 2, no. 3 of Coastal Engineering International. It discusses details of breakdown, block and blocklayer hydrodynamics, how to improve resistance to damage, the development of damages and how to describe damages in practical terms. Practical design criteria, laboratory procedures and data needed for design are mentioned and finally practical construction procedures and equipment to be used to build a mound with structural characteristics as close as possible to the one tested in the laboratory.