Experiments on the reflection coefficients of a detached breakwater in a directional wave field

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 367-379

  Huang, Wei Po ^a   Chou, Chun Ren ^a   Yim, John Z ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Directional spectrum; Non phase locked; Reflection coefficient

Indexed keywords

BREAKWATERS; ENTROPY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; REFLECTION;

EXTENDED MAXIMUM ENTROPY PRINCIPLE (EMEP) METHOD;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

BREAKWATER; WAVE REFLECTION; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

BREAKWATER; WAVE REFLECTION; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 0037301621     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3839(02)00129-1     Document Type: Article

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