An estimation of the damage of scale models of breakwaters using the time of flight method

Abstract

The assessment of damage evolution in scale model tests of rubble-mound breakwaters can be achieved by comparing eroded depths and volumes between consecutive surveys. Aiming to evaluate damage evolution on rubble-mound breakwater, scale model tests were recently conducted on the maritime hydraulic facilities of the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering. This paper focuses on the use of novel, non-intrusive survey methodologies such as the Time of Flight (ToF) principle technique. In this study, damage evaluation is based on the comparison of point clouds obtained before and after each test series, enabling the calculation of eroded depths and eroded volumes and the estimation of displaced units by using a non-dimensional damage parameter based on the eroded volume.