Case histories of Corps breakwater and jetty structures. Report 4, Pacific Ocean Division

Abstract

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Reliability-based analysis of Lázaro Cárdenas breakwater including the economical impact of the port activity

“…The Kahului Harbor breakwaters in Maui, Hawaii, have suffered damages due to several storms since 1943 and their cross sections have been modified with a total cost of several million US dollars (Sargent et al, 1988). In 1960 a rubble-mound outer breakwater in Crescent City Harbor, California was extensively damaged during a severe storm (Magoon et al, 1974).…”