Reliability design of breakwater armor blocks considering wave direction in computation of wave transformation

Coastal Engineering Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 321-341

  Suh, Kyung Duck ^a   Kweon, Hyuck Min ^b   Yoon, Hyun Deok ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyonggi University   (South Korea)

^c Hanah Engineering Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Armor blocks; Breakwaters; Expected damage level; Reliability design; Variability in wave direction

Indexed keywords

ARMOR; BATHYMETRY; BREAKWATERS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

WAVE DIRECTIONS;

WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

EID: 0036901404     PISSN: 21664250     EISSN: 17936292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0578563402000585     Document Type: Article

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