This paper presents the results of a systematic validation of numerical simulation of reflection and transmission of rubble-mound breakwater structures. The aim of the study is to provide a body of validation measurements for increasingly complex situations, starting simple and building up the complexity in terms of breakwater geometry, wave conditions and numerical simulation models. The predictions from a set of three different numerical models were compared against measurements from small scale physical model tests. The results of the comparison and the achieved level of accuracy are reported. Finally, a hypothetical application for the design of rubble-mound breakwaters is presented.
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