The Effects of Selected Types of Active Bank Stabilization

A major issue related to the banks of reservoirs is their gradual erosion caused by waves - those incurred by the wind, the movement of vessels, or otherwise. A possible way of the bank protection is the implementation of an active bank stabilization. Offshore breakwaters are designed for the cases where the shore itself is protected for some reason (e.g., protection of nesting birds, etc.) and a direct intervention in the bank is not possible. This is the situation of heavily disturbed banks of Brno reservoir, where the experiment described has been conducted and the results are presented in this paper.