Breaking wave formulas for breaking depth and orbital to phase velocity ratio

Coastal Engineering Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 395-416

  Rattanapitikon, Winyu ^a   Shibayama, Tomoya ^b  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breaker depth; Breaking point; Incipient wave breaking; Orbital to phase velocity ratio

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA ACQUISITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FUNCTION EVALUATION;

BREAKER DEPTH; BREAKING POINT; INCIPIENT WAVE BREAKING; PHASE VELOCITY RATIO;

WATER WAVES;

EID: 33750455827     PISSN: 21664250     EISSN: 17936292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0578563406001489     Document Type: Article

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