The stability of the antifer units used on breakwaters in case of irregular placement

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 1111-1127

  Yagci, O ^a   Kapdasli, S ^a   Cigizoglu, H K ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antifer; Armor layer; Armor unit; Breakwater; Damage; Irregular wave; Placement; Regular wave; Stability

Indexed keywords

BREAKWATERS; WATER WAVES;

ANTIFER UNITS; BREAKWATER STABILITY; IRREGULAR PLACEMENT TECHNIQUES;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

BREAKWATER; COASTAL STRUCTURE; DAMAGE; WATER WAVE; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

BREAKWATER; COASTAL STRUCTURE; DAMAGE; WATER WAVE; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 2342424008     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2003.10.008     Document Type: Article

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