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Numerical Model Study of Prototype Drop Tests on Cube and Cubipod® Concrete Armor Units Using the Combined Finite–Discrete Element Method
2021
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
This paper aims to evaluate the structural strength of unreinforced concrete armor units (CAU), named Cubipod®, used on rubble-mound breakwaters and coastal structures, through a numerical methodology using the combined finite–discrete element method (FDEM). A numerical modeling methodology is developed to reproduce the results of an experimental examination published by Medina et al. (2011) of a free-fall drop test performed on a 15 t conventional Cubic block and a 16 t Cubipod® unit. The
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