A simple method to determine breaker height and depth for different deepwater wave height/length ratios and sea floor slopes

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-277

  Le Roux, J P ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Breakers; Coastal engineering; Sediment transport; Waves

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; COASTAL ENGINEERING; ITERATIVE METHODS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BREAKING WAVES; SEA FLOOR SLOPES;

WATER WAVES;

BATHYMETRY; COASTAL ENGINEERING; ITERATIVE METHODS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER WAVES;

BREAKING WAVE; DEEP WATER; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 33846296265     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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