A morphology model for an eroding beach backed by a seawall

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 53-75

  Rakha, K A ^a   Kamphuis, J W ^b  

^a DHI   (Denmark)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Erosion; Hydraulic models; Morphology; Numerical models; Reflection; Seawalls; Waves

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; RETAINING WALLS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER WAVES;

BEACH EROSION; MORPHOLOGY MODEL; WAVE BASIN; WAVE FLUME; WAVE REFLECTION;

BEACHES;

BEACHES; EROSION; MORPHOLOGY; SEA WALLS;

BEACH; BEACH EROSION; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY MODEL; SEA WALL; SEA WALLS; SEAWALL; WAVE REFLECTION;

EID: 0031104374     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3839(96)00036-1     Document Type: Article

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