Beach-profile evolution under spilling and plunging breakers

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-46

  Wang, Ping ^a   Ebersole, Bruce A ^b   Smith, Ernest R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breaking waves; Coastal morphology; Profiles; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

PLUNGING BREAKERS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BEACH PROFILE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WAVE BREAKING;

BEACH PROFILE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 0037251349     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(2003)129:1(41)     Document Type: Article

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