Architected materials for artificial reefs to increase storm energy dissipation

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• Journal Title:
  PNAS Nexus
• Personal Author:
  Ronglan, Edvard ; Rubio, Alfonso Parra ; da Silva, Alexis Oliveira ; Fan, Dixia ; Gair, Jeffrey L ; Stathatou, Patritsia Maria ; Bastidas, Carolina ; Strand, Erik ; Ferrandis, Jose del Aguila ; Gershenfeld, Neil ; Triantafyllou, Michael S
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• NOAA Program & Office:
  Sea Grant
• Description:
  Increasing extreme weather events require a corresponding increase in coastal protection. We show that architected materials, which have macroscopic properties that differ from those of their constituent components, can increase wave energy dissipation by more than an order of magnitude over both natural and existing artificial reefs, while providing a biocompatible environment. We present a search that optimized their design through proper hydrodynamic modeling and experimental testing, validated their performance, and characterized sustainable materials for their construction.
• Source:
  PNAS Nexus, 3(3)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae101
• ISSN:
  2752-6542
• Format:
  pdf
• Publisher:
  Oxford University Press (OUP)
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC BY
• Compliance:
  Library
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/68953/noaa_68953_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 725.28 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Sea Grant Publications
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:88940b11e6aa41987a11d1221d1f011dc44cd2211f0848e238807767bbf7ec269c99a12241e541088398854c8dd9a29b4ca6c884e72d1c6d89e97ce83850da85