WAVE HYDRODYNAMIC INTERACTION STUDY ON ARTIFICIAL REEF BREAKWATER

Coastal areas have provided strategic and easy access from long distance and save
time especially in onshore activities. Meanwhile, coastal areas continuously undergo
dynamic processes with the contribution of two natural processes, which are erosion
and accretion that shape the coastline. As long as no inteference from the man’s
intervention, the coastline is actually stable. After many years, the rapid development
and urban navigation at coastal area interfere both of process and led to erosion
problem. The erosion problem can be controlled by implementing coastal structures.
The construction of coastal structure may disturb the habitat of the aquatic life in the
shallow area. In this project, the breakwaters were to be designed as the habitat for
fish communities and combine with the concept of artificial reef that currently used
in fish enhancement purpose.