Wave run-up on the Zeebrugge rubble mound breakwater: Full-scale measurement results versus laboratory results

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 584-591

  De Rouck, Julien ^a   Van De Walle, Björn ^b   Troch, Peter ^a   Van Der Meer, Jentsje ^c   Van Damme, Luc ^d   Medina, Josep R ^e   Willems, Marc ^d   Frigaard, Peter ^f  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge Oostende   (Belgium)

^c Infram ^*  (Netherlands)

^d Ministry of the Flemish Community   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^f AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gauge; Grooved cubes; Porosity; Scale model; Spectrum

Indexed keywords

BREAKWATER; GAUGE; LABORATORY METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POROSITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER LEVEL; WAVE RUNUP; WAVE SPECTRUM;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WEST FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE; ZEEBRUGGE;

EID: 34250728187     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/04-0157A.1     Document Type: Article

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