MEPBAY and SMC: Software tools to support different operational levels of headland-bay beach in coastal engineering projects

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-226

  Raabe, André L A ^a   Klein, Antonio H da F ^a   González, Mauricio ^b   Medina, Raul ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Headland bay beaches; MEPBAY; Parabolic bay beach models; SMC; Static equilibrium beach planform

Indexed keywords

HEADLAND-BAY BEACHES; MEPBAY; PARABOLIC BAY BEACH MODELS; STATIC EQUILIBRIUM; STATIC EQUILIBRIUM BEACH PLANFORM;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); COASTAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN;

BEACHES;

BEACH; COASTAL ENGINEERING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE;

EID: 72749121248     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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