Observations of wave pump efficiency

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-72

  Nielsen, Peter ^a   Guard, Paul A ^a   Callaghan, David P ^a   Baldock, Tom E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atoll flushing; Rip currents; Swash; Wave energy; Wave overtopping; Wave pumping

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; WATER WAVES; WAVE POWER;

ATOLL LAGOON SYSTEM; BREAKING WAVE; PUMP EFFICIENCY; WAVE PUMP;

SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS;

OCEAN CURRENTS; SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS; WATER WAVES; WAVE POWER;

ATOLL; BREAKING WAVE; DESIGN; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FLUSHING; OVERTOPPING; PUMP; RIP CURRENT; WAVE ENERGY;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 36248952161     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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