Verification and modification of breaker height formulas

Coastal Engineering Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 389-406

  Rattanapitikon, Winyu ^a   Shibayama, Tomoya ^b  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAKWATERS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; SLOPE PROTECTION;

BREAKER HEIGHT EQUATIONS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034545208     PISSN: 05785634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0578-5634(00)00019-5     Document Type: Article

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