Alternative placement technique for antifer blocks used on breakwaters

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1433-1451

  Yagci, O ^a   Kapdasli, S ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antifer blocks; Armor units; Breakwaters; Damage ratio; Placement technique; Stability

Indexed keywords

BREAKWATERS; STABILITY;

ANTIFER BLOCKS;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

BREAKWATER; COASTAL PROTECTION; PLACEMENT TECHNIQUE;

BREAKWATER; COASTAL PROTECTION; CONSTRUCTION METHOD;

EID: 0037411920     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-8018(02)00134-8     Document Type: Article

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