Instrumentation and prototype measurements at the Zeebrugge rubble mound breakwater

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 141-166

  Troch, Peter ^a   De Rouck, Julien ^a   Van Damme, Luc ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Ministry of the Flemish Community   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Breakwater; Data acquisition; Field method; Instrumentation; Monitoring system; Wave runup; Zeebrugge

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PORE PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SENSORS; WATER WAVES;

RUBBLE MOUND BREAKWATERS;

BREAKWATERS;

BREAKWATER; DATA ACQUISITION; FIELD METHOD; INSTRUMENTATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; WAVE RUNUP;

BELGIUM;

EID: 0032194311     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3839(98)00026-X     Document Type: Article

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