Large-scale experiments on wave downfall pressures

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Maritime Engineering

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 137-145

  Wolters, G ^a   Muller G ^b   Bruce, T ^c   Obhrai, C ^d  

^a WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal engineering; Models (physical); Sea defences

Indexed keywords

BREAKWATERS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; IMPACT RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; PORT STRUCTURES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RETAINING WALLS;

COASTAL STRUCTURES; DOWNFALL PRESSURES; LARGE-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; SEA DEFENSES;

WAVE EFFECTS;

BREAKWATERS; COASTAL ENGINEERING; IMPACT RESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; PORT STRUCTURES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RETAINING WALLS; WAVE EFFECTS;

BREAKWATER; COASTAL PROTECTION; SEA WALL; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 33244456976     PISSN: 17417597     EISSN: 17517737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/maen.2005.158.4.137     Document Type: Article

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