Experimental study of a sloping float breakwater

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 445-453

  Bayram, Atilla ^a  

^a Department of Neurobiology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Floating Breakwaters; Pontoon Type Structure; Wave Attenuation

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; FLOATING BREAKWATERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PONTOONS; WATER LEVELS; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

WATER WAVE ATTENUATION; WATER WAVE TRANSMISSION;

WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOATING BREAKWATER; WAVE DAMPING;

BREAKWATER; FLOATING STRUCTURE; WAVE ATTENUATION;

EID: 0344980280     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-8018(98)00080-8     Document Type: Article

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