Experimental study of three-dimensional wave breaking

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 20-36

  She, K ^a   Greated, C A ^b   Easson, W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEAWATER; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ANALYSIS SPREADING; SURFACE ELEVATION; WAVE BREAKING;

BREAKWATERS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL; WAVE BREAKING;

ANGULAR SPREADING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; STEEPNESS; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE HEIGHT;

EID: 0028175262     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(1994)120:1(20)     Document Type: Article

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