Investigation stress and settlement under foundation of vertical breakwater using numerical model and field data

Coasts of any country can have a important role from economic, social, political and military aspects. This is due to, spread oceans and seas on earth and many of marine structure are established in coastal regions. Breakwaters are one of the main parts of ports. Stability of breakwaters is one of the most important topics in design of structure that must be considered by engineers of marine, port and coastal. In present study, rate of stress and settlement at bed of vertical breakwater using field data and numerical model (PLAXIS model) investigated for achievements goals of this study at first, some samples at Imam Khomeini port located at Iran, extract and transferred to laboratory for test. After test, defined scenarios for run of model. These scenarios imported to model include of geometrical parameters and geotechnical data selected based on current standards of geotechnics. Geotechnical data are including two boring holes to 8.5m depth and geometrical data are including of height of structure, height of foundation, slide slope. The results of this study show that in fixed condition of soil type and soil mechanical characteristics, with increasing in slope side the stability of structure increased and settlement decreased also structure will be stable. Also in fixed geotechnical condition with fixed side slope, increasing in height of structure reduces the stability.