Numerical investigations of wave overtopping at coastal structures

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 190-202

  Ingram, D M ^a   Gao, F ^b   Causon, D M ^b   Mingham, C G ^b   Troch, P ^c  

^a Inst for Infrastructure and Environment   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CLASH; Computational fluid dynamics; Free surface flow; Wave overtopping; Wave structure interaction

Indexed keywords

COILED TUBING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GAS DYNAMICS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; SURFACES;

CLASH; COASTAL STRUCTURES; FREE SURFACE CAPTURING; FREE SURFACE FLOW; IMPULSIVE WAVES; NAVIER-STOKES SOLVERS; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; OVERTOPPING DISCHARGES; OVERTOPPING PROCESS; POROSITY MODELS; SEA DIKES; SHEET PILES; TIME-ACCURATE; UNITED KINGDOMS; WAVE OVERTOPPING; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; WORK PACKAGES;

WATER WAVES;

COASTAL STRUCTURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREE SURFACE FLOW; MODEL VALIDATION; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERTOPPING; POROSITY; SEA WALL; SHEET PILED WALL; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

DOVER; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; KENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CRITHMUM MARITIMUM;

EID: 59149099783     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2008.03.010     Document Type: Article

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