SEAHIVE – Sustainable Estuarine and Marine Revetment

This project focuses on the design, analysis, fabrication, and testing of SEAHIVE, a novel modular, cost-effective yet efficient and ecofriendly shoreline protection system. Work in Stage 1 of the project will focus on defining the load applied on a SEAHIVE Element, given its perforated tubular shape, and optimizing the proposed design, considering criteria such as energy dissipation and stability as well as bio-diversity. SEAHIVE elements of various geometries will be instrumented with monitoring equipment and tested in the SUSTAIN tank under varying wave conditions. Performance will be quantified based on the measurements of pressure and current velocity landward on the models. Selected geometries of SEAHIVE elements will be tested in the SUSTAIN tank under varying wave conditions, considering different void configurations (i.e. shape and dimensions). Concrete mix will be optimized for improved robustness against wave loads, easy constructability, and marine compatibility. Small-scale models composed of fiber reinforced concrete with non-corrosive reinforcements will be used to study the feasibility of prefabricated formworks. The design will be validated through experimental testing in the SUSTAIN tank. Work in Stage 2 will focus on the characterization of SEAHIVE system performance for different system configurations. Different system configurations (sets of elements) will be tested in the SUSTAIN tank under varying wave conditions to investigate parameters such as the element orientation, distance, and offset. The performance of the system will be quantified based on measurements of pressure and current velocity around the elements.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=4711

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $119174
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 20-30, IDEA 213

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001
• Project Managers:

  Jawed, Inam

• Performing Organizations:

  University of Miami

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• Principal Investigators:

  Rhode-Barbarigos, Landolf

• Start Date: 20190408
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Estuaries; Feasibility analysis; Fiber reinforced concrete; Optimization; Prefabricated structures; Revetments; Shore protection; Water pressure
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Environment; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01701579
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 20-30, IDEA 213
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Apr 8 2019 3:06PM