Small-scale field experiment on a submerged breakwater for absorbing wave energy

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-167

  Arena, Felice ^a   Filianoti, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Absorption; Breakwaters; Experimentation; Sea water; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SEAWATER; WATER WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

ABSORBING WAVE ENERGY; SMALL-SCALE FIELD EXPERIMENT; SUBMERGED BREAKWATER;

BREAKWATERS;

ALGORITHMS; BREAKWATERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SEAWATER; WATER WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

ALGORITHM; BREAKWATER; CAISSON; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; SEAFLOOR; SUBMERGED BODY; WAVE ENERGY;

EID: 33847217249     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(2007)133:2(161)     Document Type: Article

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