Table 1. Materials used in breakwater construction 

 as determined from the literature. 



Fixed breakwaters 



Floatinc breakwaters 



Pock 



Broken quarry stone 

 Basalt 



Limestone 

 Coquina 



k'OOd 



Creosote-treated timbers 

 Copper chromium arsenate- 



treated timbers 

 Chenonite-treated timbers 

 Pent achl oral phenol -treated 



timbers 



Concrete 



Pour-in-place 

 Preformed 

 Prestressed 

 Concrete rubble 



Metal 



Steel (galvanized or 



coated) 

 Stainless steel 

 Aluminum alloy 



Wood 



Chemically-treated timber 

 Plywood 



Concrete 



Cement reinforced with 



glass fiber 

 Prestressed concrete 



Metal 



Steel sheet 

 Steel tubing 

 Aluminum al loy 



Elastomeric material 

 Molded polyurethane 

 Rubber floats 

 Plastic floats 

 Fiberglass 

 Polystyrene 

 Ti res 



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