Dynamics of surf-zone turbulence in a spilling breaker

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 131-160

  Ting, Francis C K ^a,c   Kirby, James T ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c South Dakota State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DIFFUSION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; TURBULENT FLOW;

ADVECTION; SPILLING BREAKER; SURF ZONES;

TURBULENCE;

SURF ZONE-WAVE BEHAVIOUR; TURBULENCE;

SPILLING WAVES; SURF ZONE; TRANSPORT PROCESSES; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0030199789     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-3839(95)00037-2     Document Type: Article

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