Flexible-membrane wave barrier. I: Analytic and numerical solutions

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 46-53

  Kim, M H ^a   Kee, S T ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002975397     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(1996)122:1(46)     Document Type: Article

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