Papers

Papers and Presentations

Published papers and presentations by Sigurdur Sigurdarson mainly on the subject of the Icelandic-type Berm Breakwater can be downloaded from the links below:

• Sigurdarson, S. and J.W. van der Meer, 2017., .
  Armourstone for berm breakwaters.
  Proc. ICE Coasts, Marine Structures and Breakwaters, Liverpool, UK.
  
• Van der Meer, J.W and S. Sigurdarson, 2016. , .
  Design and construction of berm breakwaters.
  World Scientific. Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering, Volume 40. ISBN 978-981-4749- 60-2.
  
• S. Sigurdarson and J.W. van der Meer, 2016., .
  Designing berm breakwaters for different wave heights and different quarry yield.
  ASCE, Proc. ICCE 2016, Antalya, Turkey.
  
• Van der Meer, J.W. and S. Sigurdarson, 2016., .
  Berm breakwaters: designing for wave heights from 3 m to 7 m.
  Proceedings of PIANC COPEDEC.
  
• Van der Meer, J.W. and S. Sigurdarson, 2016., .
  Design of berm breakwaters.
  Chapter in Book: Handbook of Coastal and Ocean Engineering, 2nd Edition, Ed. Y.C. Kim. World Scientific.
  
• Sigurdarson, S., van der Meer, 2015., .
  Design and Construction Aspects of Berm Breakwaters.
  Proc. Coastal Structures 2015, ASCE, Boston, USA.
  
• Sigurdarson, S., van der Meer, J., Bijl, E., Tang, Q.L., Zhang, X.Q., Goh, J.KS: and Heijboer, D., 2014., .
  Icelandic-type Berm Breakwater for the Hambantota Artificial Island revetment, application of geometrical design rules.
  Proc. ICCE 2014, ASCE, Korea.
  
• Van der Meer, J.W. and Sigurdarson, S., 2014., .
  Geometrical Design of Berm Breakwaters.
  Proc. ICCE 2014, ASCE, Seoul, Korea.
  
• Sigurdarson and van der Meer, 2013., .
  Design and Construction Aspects of Berm Breakwaters.
  Proc. Coasts, Marine Structures and Breakwaters 2013, ICE, UK.
  
• Sigurdarson, S. and van der Meer, J., 2012., .
  Wave Overtopping at Berm Breakwaters in line with EurOtop.
  Proc ICCE2012, ASCE, Santander Spain.
  
• Sigurdarson, S., Mocke, R., Primmer, M. and Gretarsson, S., 2012., .
  Armourstone for the Icelandic-type Berm Breakwater.
  Proc. PIANC COPDEC 2012, Chennai, India.
  
• Sigurdarson, S., Mocke, R., Primmer, P. and Gretarsson, S., 2011.
  The Icelandic-type berm breakwater
  Proc. Coasts and Ports 2011, Perth, Western Australia.
  
• Sigurdarson, S. and van der Meer, J., 2011.
  Front Slope Stability of the Icelandic-type Berm Breakwater
  ASCE, Proc. Coastal Structures 2011, Yokohama, Japan.
  
• Sigurdarson, S., 2010.
  Experiences with the use off the Rock Manuall, 2nd edition, and EN13383 in selecting appropriate test methods and frequencies.
  Presentation 17th Armourstone Users Group Meeting, HR Wallingford.
  
• Sigurdarson, S., Mocke, R., Smarason, O, Carlton, B. and Allsop, W., 2009.
  Development of an Icelandic-type berm breakwater for the Oakajee port project in Western Australia.
  ICE, Proc.Coasts, Marine Structures and Breakwaters 2009, Edinburgh, UK.
  
• Mocke, R., Sigurdarson, S., Carlton, B. and Smarason, O., 2009.
  Quarry and breakwater design studies for an Icelandic-type berm breakwater for Oakajee Port development in Western Australia.
  Proc. Coasts and Ports 2009, Wellington, NZ.
  
• Mocke, R., Carlton, B., Jupp, R., Cork, S. and Sigurdarson, S., 2009.
  Planning and Design for the Oakajee Port Development project in Western Australia.
  Proc. Coasts and Ports 2009, Wellington, NZ.
  
• Sigurdarson , S, van der Meer , J.W., Tørum, A. and Tomasicchio, R., 2008.
  Berm Recession of the Icelandic-type Berm Breakwater.
  ASCE, Proc. ICCE 2008, Hamburg, Germany, pp.3311-3323.
  
• Sigurdarson, S. Gretarsson, S. and van der Meer, J.W., 2008.
  The Icelandic-type Berm Breakwater for Large Design Wave Heights.
  Proc. COPEDEC VII, Dubai, UAE.
  
• Sigurdarson, S. Gretarsson, S. and van der Meer, J.W., 2008.
  The Icelandic-type Berm Breakwater – breaking the 8.0 m significant wave height limit.
  Proc. PIANC AGA, Beijing, China.
  
• Sigurdarson, S., van der Meer, J.W., Burcharth, H.F. and Soerensen, J.D., 2007.
  Optimum Safety Levels and Design Rules for the Icelandic-type Berm Breakwater.
  ASCE, Proc. Coastal Structures 2007, Venice, Italy.
  
• Sigurdarson, S., Smarason, O.B., Viggosson, G. and Bjørdal, S., 2006.
  Wave height limits for the statically stable Icelandic-type Berm Breakwater.
  ASCE, Proc. ICCE 2006, San Diego, USA.
  
• Sigurdarson, S., Loftsson, A., Lothe, A.E., Bjertness, E. and Smarason, O.B., 2005.
  Berm Breakwater Protection for the Hammerfest LNG Plant in Norway - Design and Construction.
  ICE, Proc. Coastlines, Structures and Breakwaters 2005, ed. N.W.H. Allsop, Thomas Telford, London, UK, pp.349-362.
  
• Sigurdarson, S., Viggosson, G. and Smarason, O.B., Berm Breakwaters. Appendix 2 to Advances in the Design and Construction of Coastal Structures by I. J. Losada. In P Bruun, ed., 2005.
  Port and Coastal Engineering – Developments in Science and Technology.
  Journal of Coastal Research Special Issue No. 46.
  
• Sigurdarson, S., and Wickramasooriya, N., 2005.
  FAO Consultant End of Mission Report -Master Plan for the Reconstruction and Development of Anchorages and Fish Landing Centres along the coast of Sri Lanka
  Non serial publications - FAO Tsunami Sep-Oct Nov-Dec 05.
  
• Sigurdarson, S., 2005.
  FAO Consultant End of Mission Report - Rehabilitation and reconstruction of the fishing ports and fish-landing sites in Aceh after the Tsunami
  by Sigurdur Sigurdurson, Harbours Expert. Non serial publications -FAO Tsunami March 05
  
• Sigurdarson, S., Jacobsen, A., Smarason, O.B., Bjordal, S., Viggosson, G., Urrang C. and Torum, A., 2003.
  Sirevåg Berm Breakwater, design, construction and experience after design storm.
  ASCE, Proc. Coastal Structures 2003, Portland, Oregon.
  
• Sigurdarson, S., Viggosson, Tørum, and Smarason, 2001.
  Stable berm breakwaters.
  PHRI, Proc. International Workshop on Advanced Design of Maritime Structures in the 21st Century, Yokosuka, Japan.
  
• Sigurdarson, S., Smarason, O.B. and Viggosson, G.,, 2000.
  Design Considerations of Berm Breakwaters.
  ASCE, Proc. ICCE 2000, Sydney, Australia.