A new non-dimensional number for the analysis of wave reflection from rubble mound breakwaters

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 93-120

  Davidson, M A ^a   Bird, P A D ^a   Bullock, G N ^a   Huntley, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAKWATERS; PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; REFLECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

LOCAL WATER DEPTH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NON DIMENSIONAL REFLECTION NUMBER; RUBBLE MOUND BREAKWATERS; WAVE REFLECTION;

WATER WAVES;

BREAKWATERS; WAVES;

NON-DIMENSIONAL REFLECTION NUMBER; RUBBLEMOUND BREAKWATERS; WAVE REFLECTION;

EID: 0030238299     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-3839(96)00012-9     Document Type: Article

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