Void fraction measurements and scale effects in breaking waves in freshwater and seawater

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 417-428

  Blenkinsopp, C E ^a   Chaplin, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air entrainment; Breaking waves; Bubble plumes; Scale effects; Seawater; Void fraction

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SEAWATER; BREAKING WAVES; BUBBLE PLUMES; BUBBLE-TRACKING MODEL; ENTRAINED AIR; ENTRAINMENT PROCESS; FLOW VISUALISATION; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; INFLUENCE OF WATER; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; LABORATORY MODELS; OPTICAL FIBRE; PHASE DETECTION; SCALE EFFECTS; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TIME-VARYING DISTRIBUTION; VOID FRACTION MEASUREMENT; WATER TYPES;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; HYDRAULICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SEAWATER EFFECTS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VOID FRACTION; WATER WAVES;

AIR ENTRAINMENT;

BREAKING WAVE; BUBBLE; ENTRAINMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME; SCALE EFFECT; SEAWATER;

EID: 79951770084     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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