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Please read this file carefully, before installing BREAKWAT 3. To be able to view, use and
print the digital manual, Adobe or Acrobat Reader (Version 5 and higher) has to be installed
on the PC on which BREAKWAT is going to be installed. If this is not the case, this
software can be downloaded for free from URL:
• http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html.
After inserting the BREAKWAT 3 installation disk in the CD-ROM the setup Install_Shield.EXE starts. The
dialog shown in
Figure 1.1
The program Install-Shield gives the user the ability to do the following:
• View readme file (View Readme File).
• Install
− Breakwat 3 (Install the software package BREAKWAT 3 on your PC, install the
License and the software for the FlexLM Hardware key (Dongle); if BREAKWAT 3
is licensed with a hardware key provided by WL | Delft Hydraulics.)
• Browse the CD (Browse the CD)
• Exit the Install-Shield program (Exit)
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To start one of these options move the cursor over an item, which will turn red, and click on
it.
After clicking the item "-Breakwat 3" the BREAKWAT 3 setup will start. One of the dialogs
the user will come across is shown in Figure 1.2. In this dialog the user must select the items
to be installed. By default three items are selected, see Figure 1.2. These items are all
needed if the installation is done for the first time.
Figure 1.2
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the user received a floating/server license and there is no FLexLM license manager
running.
If after installation BREAKWAT 3 does not work, please select the item "FAQ":
• Modifications
• New Features
Ed Ehrlich
phone +31 15 2858841
email Ed.Ehrlich@wldelft.nl
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2 BREAKWAT 3
BREAKWAT 3 will be useful for everyone who, even if occasional, is involved in the
conceptual design of breakwater structures. This includes for example teaching
(universities), design (consultants), testing (research institutes) or construction (contractors)
environments. BREAKWAT 3 is an ideal tool for those people who wish to apply the results
of the latest research and development and wish to do this quickly and efficiently.
For more than 10 years earlier versions of BREAKWAT have been widely used as a tool to
guide and assist in the design of many types of breakwaters. In these 10 years new
developments in the technical aspects of breakwater design as well as developments in the
user-friendliness of computer programs in general have taken place. The development of
BREAKWAT 3 incorporates many of those new improvements.
With BREAKWAT 3 a conceptual design can be made for statically stable structures, like
rubble mound breakwaters with an armour layer of rock or concrete units, as well as for
dynamically stable structures, like berm breakwaters, reef type structures and near-bed
structures. It is also possible to make calculations for vertical (caisson) structures.
BREAKWAT 3 uses modern design formulae to perform calculations to the hydraulic
response:
• flexible set-up,
• easy to implement new modules and formulae,
• report-ready graphical presentation of results,
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For more information see PDF brochure BREAKWAT 3 (To view this PDF brochure the
user must have a PDF reader installed on his/her system)
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3 License
Delft-Chess software uses the DS_Flex installation setup to install/update licenses. This
section gives a short description of the choices the user has to make during the installation
of DS_Flex. For more detailed information see the manual “LicensingEndUserGuide.pdf”
which can be found in the installation directory of DS_Flex.
If no DS_Flex is installed on your machine the user will be asked to select a type of license
(Figure 3.1). Once this type has been selected, all other licenses which uses DS_Flex must
be of the same type. E.g. if the user selects the option “Stand Alone” in Figure 3.1 all other
Delft-Chess packages must also use Stand Alone. The only way to change this, uninstall
DS_Flex and reinstall DS_Flex.
Figure 3.1
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After selecting a license type the user will/can come across the following windows.
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Figure 3.2 shows the window which gives the user the ability to upgrade or repair a license
file. This option can be used if a user receives a new license file of a certain software
package. The option “Uninstall previous version before continuing the installation” must be
selected if the user wants a reinstallation of the previously installed DS_Flex. The last
option “Install a new license file” must be used if the user installs a new Delft-Chess
software package. The option “Upgrade /Repair. And install license file is the default. To
find out which license type has been selected previously, go to Start|Programs|Delft
Software Flexlm ([License File Type]).
Figure 3.3 shows the window which gives the user the ability to start a License Service on a
Server. This window will be shown if option “Server” in Figure 3.1 is selected.
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Figure 3.4 shows the window which gives the user the ability to let DS_Flex backup all the
files replaced during installation. A backup directory is created as a subdirectory of DS_Flex
installation directory.
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Figure 3.5 shows the window which gives the user the ability to select the destination folder
of DS_Flex program. Default the installation is done in directory “C:\Program
Files\DS_Flex”.
Figure 3.6 shows the window which gives the user the ability to install the license file or to
postpone this selection.
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Figure 3.7 shows the window which gives the user the ability to select the license file.
Depending on the options selected in Figure 3.1, the license file will be copied to the
installation directory of DS_Flex or will be left at the selected location.
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Figure 3.8 shows the window which gives the user the ability change the default of the
DS_Flex used by the Program Manager Group Name. The default value is “DelftSoftware
FlexLM”.
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4 Server
In this section the procedure is described, how to make use of a Server License file.
If a Server License (Floating License) is used there are two possibilities:
First Step:
Create a directory or directories on the SERVER where to put/install the programs:
• lmgrd.exe
• lmtools.exe
• dwldelft.exe (Use for BREAKWAT 3.01.0000 or lower)
• dhsdelft.exe (Use for BREAKWAT 3.01.0001 or higher)
• lmdown.exe
After the license file has been copied to the correct directory, the license file must be
adjusted. A general layout of a typical license file is:
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• sunray, the user must change this name into the name of his/her server.
• The value of TCP:8555, the user should consult the System Administrator.
• \\eland\app\flexlm\v7.2-wl\wl\dwldelft.exe, the user must enter the correct path here,
which means the location of the program dwldelft.exe or dhsdelft.exe on his/her server.
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The programs mentioned above can be found in the installation directory of DS_Flex .
Second Step:
Run LMTOOLS.EXE from the created directory. The window, according to Figure 4.1, will
pop up.
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Figure 4.1
The user can select one of two options in the window (Figure 4.1). The possible selections
are:
To run a Server License select the option "Configuration using Services". After selecting
this option the window (Figure 4.1) will change to the window shown in Figure 4.2.
Figure 4.2
The window in Figure 4.1 differs from the window in Figure 4.2, because one extra tab
("Config Services") has been added, tab "Switch report log" has been removed and the name
of one tab changed and the name of the tab "Stop/Reread" has changed to
"Start/Stop/Reread".
Third Step:
The next step in starting up a Server License is to select the tab "Config Services". After
selection of this tab the window, according to Figure 4.3, can be seen on screen. On this
window (Figure 4.3) the user must enter the following options:
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Figure 4.3
An example of how the window looks after all the information has been entered, is shown in
Figure 4.4.
Figure 4.4
Fourth Step:
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The next step in starting up a Server License is to select the tab "Start/Stop/Reread". After
selection of this tab the window, according to Figure 4.5, can be seen on screen.
Figure 4.5
In the list "Flexlm license Services installed on this computer" the user can find the service
saved in step 3 (see Figure 4, field "Service Name"). In this step the user must select the
correct service and press the button "Start Server". This action will start the License
Manager.
Fifth Step:
To check if the License Manager is running the server license correctly, select tab "Server
Status". After selection the window according to Figure 4.6 will be shown on screen.
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Figure 4.6
The user must press the button "Perform Status Enquiry". If in the window below an error is
shown, the user can inspect the debug log file defined in step 3 to see what the problem is.
If no problems occur the user can select the menu option File|Exit to quit the application.
• Deactivate the license manager. Copy the necessary (Server and Deamon/Vendor is not
necessary, if it is already in the existing/active license file) received license information
into the Server license file and restart the License manager according the procedure
mentioned in section No FlexLM License Manager is running yet.
• Make a copy of the existing/active license file. Copy the necessary (Server and
Deamon/Vendor is not necessary, if it is already in the existing/active license file)
license information into the existing license file. After updating the existing license file
the FlexLM License Manager should be "notified". Officially a simple re-read of the
license file should be sufficient. This can be done in the following way:
Rereading LicenseFile
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-Reread
Server License File Completed!
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-Finding
License Server
In case you doubt it working correctly, you can also re-boot after updating the license file.
For back-up and safety, we strongly recommend to make a copy of the old Server License
file, as well as the new Server License file.
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5 Modifications
• The WL | Delft Hydraulics mail address has been added to the About-box.
• If File|Save As|Case was used the contents was first written to the file followed by
renaming the file name to the new file name. This caused an inconsistency in the name
displayed in the GUI and the name saved. This is solved now by first renaming the file
to the file name entered in Dialog Box, then saving the Case to file.
• If File|Save As|Case was selected and the user wanted to overwrite an existing CASE
with a new name, the CASE name did not change within the BREAKWAT 3.0 user
interface. This is now solved.
• Selecting table for parameter Dn50, caused a division by zero error. This is solved now
• The Information Box at the bottom of the property window is shown if an error occurs
during calculation and is not show if there are no errors. The message was not removed
from the box, so if the button "I" in property window was pushed the error could still be
seen. This could cause confusion. To avoid the confusion the contents of the information
box is also cleared if there are no errors.
• Some Textual changes:
• (P) Porosity factor has been changed To (P) Notional Permeability factor.
• (Vol) Volume of overtopping volume per wave per m TO (Vol) Overtopping volume per
wave per m
• For Reef type breakwaters the Stability parameter was defined as (Hs/Delta*Dn) this
changed to (Hs/Delta*Dn50)
• For Berm Breakwater Rock Armour the name for wave angle "phi" has been changed to
"Beta", this according to the manual.
• Default values have been adapted. At startup no errors occur during the default
calculation
• Pictures in the main window are modified and improved. The pictures are also better
shown in the main window of BREAKWAT 3.0.
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• An error occurred in the Profile case. If the depth (h) was adjusted and an error occurred
the change of other parameters had no influence on the result. This was caused by the
Fortran DLL "DFORRT.DLL" which was newer than the one the BREAKWAT DLL's
were compiled with. Now the right DFORRT.DLL is installed in BREAKWAT 3.0
installation directory.
• Another problem occurred in Profile Case when updating the output profiles. If an error
code was generated the output profiles were not always updated again correctly because,
after the error was generated the loop was not.
• An extra check has been implemented to see if there are any error messages in the
"Profile.Log" file. (This file is generated if the Profile Case is selected). It could happen
that an error was generated in Profile.Log but there was no message in the BREAKWAT
3.0 graphical user interface. This problem is solved now. After creation and closing of
Profile.Log the LOG file is read again and check for string "error". If this string occurs a
message is displayed in BREAKWAT 3.0.
• The restriction rule 1.5< (At/(h'c)^2)<3.0 has been changed to 1.5< (At/(h'c)^2)<3.5.
• The property window for Pressure Forces & Safety Factors (sometimes also other
property windows) caused a crash when create TABLE was selected for a parameter.
The focus was removed from creating the table while it was not finished yet. This
problem is solved now.
• The contents of the file changed if it was open. If a case was created by BREAKWAT
3.0 and saved the contents contained parameter names like [alpha], etc. After opening
the case again the parameter names [alpha], etc were converted to Greek symbols.
However, if the text editor does not support these symbols, different symbols were used.
This problem is solved now.
• If a Graph was created for “1 Rubble Mound Structures 1.1 Conventional breakwater |2.
Structural Response 2.1 Rock armour |Van der Meer Cumulative Storms” and saved, an
error occurred when opening the same case again. The reason for this problem was the
Zparameter was set to "NONE" which caused the program to select another routine to
create the graph. Changing "NONE" to "" within BREAKWAT 3.0 solved the problem.
• The box containing CASE icons and PROJECT icons is now not visible if nothing has
been created. After creation of a CASE or PROJECT the box becomes visible.
• If pause button was pushed, while an edit field in Property Editor was selected
BREAKWAT 3.0 crashed. This is solved now.
• The Breaker Parameter is added as output parameter in Berm Breakwater|Transmission
and Conventional Breakwater|Transmission
• The calculation of Hst in Berm Breakwater|Transmission was not done correctly. This
has been adjusted.
• Now in both cases Berm Breakwater|Transmission and Conventional
Breakwater|Transmission the conditions for wave steepness and breaker parameter are
checked.
• The user is able to put only one value in the input table and generate output tables with
only one input value. This make it possible to put a single value in a graph.
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• A warning (‘Depth limitation error’) appears when determining the profile development
of a Berm Breakwater under wave attack when Hs/h is smaller than 0.6, while this
warning should appear when Hs/h is larger than 0.6.
• The ratio H2%/H1/3 in the ‘wave height distribution’ is not equal to the ratio H(P)/H1/3,
when P has a value of 2 %.
• The installation procedure could be confusing, because of the use of both a lic-file and a
key-file. BREAKWAT 3.00.0024 does not use the key file any more. Instead all the
information is put in the license file.
• If 2 cases are active at the same time with the same name, problems could arise, now
case names are check and the user is informed if two cases/projects have the same
names.
• By entering the value 0 for some parameters, BREAKWAT generated a run-time error.
Especially the significant wave height Hs is sensitive for this error.
• When calculating overtopping volumes, the output parameter ‘percentage overtopping
waves’ POV has to be multiplied by 100.
• The wave height factor αHs was not correctly implemented in the Hudson-formula. This
is the case for conventional rubble mound breakwaters, as well as for breakwaters with a
top-layer of concrete armour units. This is now corrected.
• When closing BREAKWAT 3.0, the user was not always informed correctly about if a
file needed to be saved or not. This problem is solved now. Files are stored in an object
array. Before quitting this array will be walk through sequentially to see if a file needs to
be saved or not.
• A few textual improvements have been made to the GUI as well as the manual.
• New icon has been made for BREAKWAT 3.0
• The undo-button has been removed from the property editor.
• At startup time the Regional Settings of the system are checked. If the regional settings
are not correctly set for BREAKWAT 3.0 the program BREAKWAT 3.0 shows a
warning.
• For Overtopping (formula TAW-formula) the unit of the parameters Vmax (Max.
overtopping volume per wave, per m) and Vol (Overtopping volume per wave, per m)
has been changed to m3/m1.
• For Concrete armour the unit of the parameter nv (Volumatric porosity) has been
changed to (%).
• For Overtopping (formula TAW-formula) and Runup (formula TAW) the parameter γtot
is set to 0.4 if the calculated value is lower than 0.4 else the calculated value is used.
• For Concrete armour the input parameters N (number of incident waves) and sm (wave
steepness) are disabled for all formula, except for formula Cubes and Tretrapodes
because they are not used by these formula.
• The uninstall button in the start menu of ‘Delft-Chess > Breakwat 3.1’ is not pointing to
the correct location. Therefore, the unwise.exe and the uninstall procedure can only be
activated from the installation directory. This has been improved.
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• The initial profile for the calculation of the profile development of berm breakwaters
has to be specified with positive x- and y-values. The default values for the initial
profile have been changed slightly.
• If a value outside the valid range has been entered for the parameter Dn50-core/Dn50 in
formula Rock Armour, Van Gent et. al., the error message is displayed correctly now.
• Switching between Neural Network formula and Toe Berm Stability of RMB formula
leads to comment-free results.
• The file “breakwat.ini” has been updated. Due to this update changing between Neural
Network and Toe Berm Stability of RMD formula will not result in an invalid range
messages.
• File “for.10” is not generated anymore due to the possibility of opening a Neural
Network case/project from an other directory then the installation directory.
• The valid range for cot(alphau), Neural Network, has been changed. Values between -1
and 10 are allowed now.
• A dimension parameter has been added to the header of the input x values for Profile
Development.
• Loading Neural Network cases/projects from directories other than the installation
directory is possible now. Before an error was generated because the file
“nn_overtopping.ntd” could not be found.
• During the setup the error message “The procedure entry point for_read_dir_i8 could
not be located in the dynamic library Dfortt.dll” could pop up. This problem is solved
now, by installing the file Dforrt.dll in the “c:\windows\system32” directory instead of
the installation directory.
• After pressing the menu option “Save” or “Save All” the files will be saved at the
locations where the have been save before. In previous versions this was not the case.
After pressing these menu options the files were always saved to the directory
“_Workingfolder” located in the installation directory.
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6 New Features
• The user is able to use (if licensed) a new design tool to predict the mean wave
overtopping discharge at coastal structures. The output of this tool includes the Neural
Network prediction of the mean wave overtopping discharge and several other parameters
indicating the uncertainty of the prediction. The tool was developed by WL | Delft
Hydraulics co-sponsored by the Commission of the European Communities within the
framework of the CLASH project (‘Crest Level Assessment of Coastal Structures by full
scale monitoring, neural network prediction and Hazard analysis on permissible wave
overtopping’). Details of the methodology followed for the development of the prediction
tool are described in Pozueta et al. (2004) and Van Gent et al. (2004).
• The user is able to use (if licensed) a new design formula to determine the stability of
the rock armour at the rear side of rubble mound breakwaters developed by Van Gent &
Pozueta (2004). Based on physical model tests Van Gent & Pozueta (2004) proposed a
formula to estimate the stone diameter for a given damage level for a wide range of
conditions.
• The user is able to use (if licensed) a new set of design formulae to determine the
stability of rock armour on the front slope of rubble mound breakwaters developed by
Van Gent et al. (2003). Based on new physical model tests Van Gent et al. (2003)
proposed to apply modifications to the formulae by Van der Meer (1988) to include
situations in which wave breaking occurs on the foreshore. With these modifications the
formulae are suitable for both shallow and deep water conditions at the toe of the
structure.
• The user is able to use (if licensed) a new design formula to determine the stability of
rock armour on the front slope of rubble mound breakwaters developed by Van Gent et
al. (2003). Based on new physical model tests Van Gent et al. (2003) proposed a new,
relatively simple design formula. There is an influence of the wave period, but this
influence is considered small compared to the amount of scatter in the data due to other
reasons. Therefore, the wave period is not used in this formula and there is no separation
between ‘plunging’ and ‘surging’ conditions. The influence of the permeability of the
structure is incorporated by using the ratio between the diameter of the core and the
diameter of the main armour material. The formula is suitable for both shallow and deep
water conditions at the toe of the structure.
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Message -"Error in parsing vendor information from license file, closing application":
This error indicates that the VENDOR information in the license file is not correct. To solve
this, please contact Ed Ehrlich.
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This message occurs if one or more cells in an output table are empty. This does not mean
that the calculation is not correct, but that certain values are not within the valid range of
that parameter.
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