Caisson breakwaters embodying an OWC with a small opening-Part II: A small-scale field experiment

Ocean Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 820-841

  Boccotti, Paolo ^a   Filianoti, Pasquale ^a   Fiamma, Vincenzo ^a   Arena, Felice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caisson breakwaters; Directional spectrum; Frequency spectrum; OWCs

Indexed keywords

BREAKWATERS; CAISSONS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; REFLECTION;

CAISSON BREAKWATER; FREQUENCY SPECTRUM;

WATER WAVES;

BREAKWATERS; CAISSONS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; REFLECTION; WATER WAVES;

BREAKWATER; CAISSON; WATER WAVE; WAVE HEIGHT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STRAIT OF MESSINA;

EID: 33846833871     PISSN: 00298018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2006.04.016     Document Type: Article

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