An instrument for field measurement of wave impact pressures and seawater aeration

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 103-122

  Bird, P A D ^a   Crawford, A R ^a   Hewson, P J ^a   Bullock, G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeration; Coastal structure; Field method; Impact; Instrumentation; Measurement method; Seawater; Wave runup

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; AIR ENTRAINMENT; BREAKWATERS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; DATA ACQUISITION; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; RETAINING WALLS; SEAWATER; VIDEO CAMERAS; WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

WAVE STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

WATER WAVES;

AERATION; COASTAL STRUCTURE; FIELD METHOD; IMPACT; INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEAWATER; WAVE RUNUP;

EID: 0032194792     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3839(98)00020-9     Document Type: Article

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