Wave-induced currents in the vicinity of a seawall

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 23-52

  Rakha, K A ^a   Kamphuis, J W ^b  

^a DHI   (Denmark)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Currents; Hydraulic models; Numerical models; Reflection; Seawalls; Waves

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; CALCULATIONS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RETAINING WALLS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY; WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

LONGSHORE CURRENT; SEDIMENT MOTION; WAVE BASIN; WAVE FLUME; WAVE INDUCED CURRENTS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BEACHES; CURRENTS; EDDIES; SEA WALLS;

LONGSHORE CURRENTS; MODEL; NEARSHORE CURRENTS; SEA WALLS; UNDERTOW; WAVE-INDUCED;

EID: 0031105726     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3839(96)00035-X     Document Type: Article

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