Overtopping formulas for caisson breakwaters with nonbreaking 3D waves

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 98-108

  Franco, Claudio ^a   Franco, Leopolde ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAKWATERS; CAISSONS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VOLUME MEASUREMENT; WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

OVERTOPPING WAVES;

FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

BREAKWATER; CAISSON; MODEL TEST; OVERTOPPING;

BREAKWATER; CAISSON; MODEL TEST; OVERTOPPING;

EID: 0033102396     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(1999)125:2(98)     Document Type: Article

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