Experimental Study of Perforated Concrete BlockBreakwater

Abstract

Perforatedconcrete block is a new form of breakwater that has similar function like coral reef and artificial breakwater, so the purpose of this research is to investigate how a perforated concrete block works as a breakwater protector structure towards the reduction level of wave height. The result showed that the perforated concrete block is one of breakwater types that could be used to muffle the wave height, and the use of perforated concrete block as a breakwater could reduce the wave height in the protected area and this could be developed into one of economic and eco-friendly breakwaters because the large pores of the concrete block could be used as a home of marine biota and it also reduces the volume of concrete using