Vertical variation of the flow across the surf zone

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 169-198

  Christensen, Erik Damgaard ^a   Walstra, Dirk Jan ^b   Emerat, Narumon ^c  

^a DHI   (Denmark)

^b WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breaking waves; Flow structures; Laboratory experiments; Numerical models; Surf zone

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SURF ZONES;

COASTAL ZONES;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SURF ZONE; TURBULENCE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 0036565421     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3839(02)00033-9     Document Type: Article

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