Solitary wave transformation, breaking and run-up at a beach

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Maritime Engineering

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 97-105

  Borthwick, Alistair G L ^a   Ford, Michael ^b   Weston, Benjamin P ^a   Taylor, Paul H ^a   Stansby, Peter K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ARUP   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal engineering; Safety hazards; Sea defences

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEACHES; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL WAVES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

BEACH CHARACTERISTICS; SEA DEFENSES; SOLITARY WAVES;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEACHES; COASTAL ENGINEERING; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL WAVES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

BEACH; BREAKING WAVE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN WAVE; SOLITARY WAVE; WAVE ACTION;

EID: 33749491025     PISSN: 17417597     EISSN: 17517737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/maen.2006.159.3.97     Document Type: Article

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