Talk:Breakwater (structure)

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WP:SHIPS assessment
I've assessed this article as Start class primarily because of the sourcing. Per WP:CITE, this article needs in-line citations. The prose itself generally reads well, although the lead should be expanded so that it can stand alone as a concise overview of the article (see WP:LEAD). Parsecboy (talk) 16:21, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
 * It isn't about ships at all, I replaced it with engineering. --Brad (talk) 22:35, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Difference
Can anybody explain the difference between a Sea wall and a breakwater? --Feministo (talk) 17:04, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Dear Feministo, Sea Wall is a type of breakwater, or an attached breakwater (to the beach) for precisely, to protect the shore line.

--TP Adiwijaya (talk)

The (physics) principles underlying the design a breakwater depends on the intent. If the concept is only to dissipate wave energy smaller boulders may suffice. However submerged objects are lighter and easier for the wave forces to dislodge. (One of the ironies of bouyancy is that gravity makes submerged objects lighter and "pushes" helium balloons upwards - lol?)

Often the preferred design appears to be a layer of large boulders on top which is(are) difficult for the waves to submerge?? REALLY ideal would be large long rectangular boulders placed vertically so that the base is well below the base soil and the top well above the waves - something like Egyptians or Romans would build with surplus slave labour - lol?

Pete318 (talk) 14:43, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

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Wave attenuator
Dear All, I believe this section is disproportionnate compared to the sections on caisson- and rubble mound breakwaters. I would suggest to reduce it to a few lines, to mention a real case (if any?) and to add the more common wave absorbing caissons like Jarlan-type and more recent applications in Beirut (BCD) and Monaco (Anse du Portier). Please let me know. Artreve (talk) 19:11, 16 August 2018 (UTC) comment added by Artreve (talk • contribs) 17:46, 15 August 2018 (UTC)


 * @Artreve I understand the need to provide consistent depth between topics and I agree this paragraph goes into unusual depth. However, as a reader, I greatly enjoyed this paragraph and want to learn more.
 * To that end, I'd like to request that this information be kept -somewhere- on Wikipedia, wether it be in this article, as part of an article about wave absorbing infrastructure, or in it's own article.
 * I'd also ask that one (or more) links be added into this topic because it is very interesting from a scientific/engineering perspective but leads the reader away from Wikipedia to learn more. 115.70.21.239 (talk) 04:28, 11 December 2022 (UTC)

Floating breakwaters
Ideas for a new arcticle ? See : http://www.vliz.be/wiki/Floating_breakwaters --Lamiot (talk) 14:38, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

Sediment Effects and Environmental Effects
I am planning on adding two short sub-sections (Sediment Effects and Environmental Effects) to the "Unintended consequences" sectionBiostudent2 (talk) 19:11, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Living Breakwaters Grant
Hello all,

Curious as to the relevance of the Living Breakwaters Grant section. It seems to be a far too specific example of the general concept of living breakwaters, and could benefit from substantial editing or removal. Aksarvis (talk) 15:30, 4 October 2023 (UTC)