Floating breakwaters under regular and irregular wave forcing: Reflection and transmission characteristics

Journal of Hydraulic Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 174-188

  Koutandos, E ^a   Prinos, P ^a   Gironella, Xavi ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy dissipation; Floating breakwater; Reflection; Transmission

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; REFLECTION; WAVE EFFECTS;

DRAUGHT; PERMEABLE PLATE CASES; WAVE CHARACTERISTICS; WAVE FORCING;

FLOATING BREAKWATERS;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLOATING BREAKWATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; WAVE REFLECTION; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

BREAKWATER; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLOATING STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; WAVE REFLECTION; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 18144370022     PISSN: 00221686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221686.2005.9641234     Document Type: Article

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