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  584 Sri Lanka - Hambantota Port      (Lat: 6.11793 Lon: 81.1028 - click for map)

   Hambantota Port Breakwater

   Rubble mound

   New Construction

Main breakwater data:

  
Length (m) 1600   owner Sri Lanka Ports
Waterdepth (m) 14   contractor CHEC
Construction time (years) 3   consultant CDR International B.V.
Start date (year) 2013   Hydraulic Laboratory Tianjin Port Engineering Institute
Completion date (year) 2015   comments Berm breakwater revetment design for protection of an artificial island on the southern shore of Sri Lanka
Construction costs($106) 0  

Design criteria

  
Hs (m) 5.6  
Tz/Tp (s) 0/18  

slope/crest info
front slope 1:1 8 ton Xbloc
rear slope 1:1.5 600 kg rock
crestheight (m) 10  
crest/caisson width (m) 15  
wallheight (m) 0  
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  Reference documents:

2014 - Sigurdur Sigurdarson, Jentsje W. van der Meer, Eelco Bijl , Yang Sihan , Tang Qiaoliang , Zhang Xiaoqiang , James KS Goh , Dirk Heijboer - Icelandic-type berm breakwater for the Hambantota artificial island revetment, application of geometrical design rules; - - ;

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