Armor stone abrasion due to displacements in sea storms

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 229-232

  Tomasicchio, Giuseppe R ^a   Lamberti, Alberto ^b   Archetti, Renata ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Degradation; Displacement; Rubble mound breakwaters; Stones; Storms; Volume change

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; ARMOR; PROBABILITY;

ARMOR STONE ABRASION;

STORMS;

ABRASION; BREAKWATER; COASTAL PROTECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

ABRASION; BREAKWATER; COASTAL PROTECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 0141670258     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(2003)129:5(229)     Document Type: Article

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