Coastal structure failures and coastal waves on the north coast of Taiwan due to Typhoon Herb

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 393-405

  Tsai, Cheng Han ^a   Tzang, Shiaw Yih ^a   Hsiao, Sung Shan ^a   Cheng, Chin Chung ^a   Li, Hsien Wen ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MINGHSIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coastal structure failure; Overtopping flow; Storm surge; Typhoon waves

Indexed keywords

COASTAL STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; FLOODING; STORM SURGE; TYPHOON; WATER LEVEL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33645696798     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/00152.1     Document Type: Article

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