Full-scale wave-overtopping measurements on the Zeebrugge rubble mound breakwater

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 609-628

  Troch, Peter ^a   Geeraerts, Jimmy ^a   Van de Walle, Bjorn ^a   De Rouck, Julien ^a   Van Damme, Luc ^b   Allsop, William ^c   Franco, Leopoldo ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Ministry of the Flemish Community   (Belgium)

^c Hydraulic Research Wallingford ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Modimar Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Comparison with prediction formulae; Crest freeboard; Field data; Measurement methods; Rubble mound breakwater; Surface roughness; Wave overtopping

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; FLOW CONTROL; SENSORS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WATER TANKS; WATER WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

FIELD MEASUREMENTS; OVERTOPPING RATES; ZEEBRUGGE, BELGIUM;

BREAKWATERS;

BREAKWATER; COASTAL ENGINEERING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OVERTOPPING; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

BREAKWATER; COASTAL ENGINEERING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OVERTOPPING; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WEST FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD; ZEEBRUGGE;

EID: 13944258568     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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