Laboratory investigation of pressure gradients induced by plunging breakers

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 722-738

  Pedrozo Acuña, Adrián ^a   de Alegría Arzaburu, Amaia Ruiz ^a   Torres Freyermuth, Alec ^b   Mendoza, Edgar ^a   Silva, Rodolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Momentum balance; Plunging breaker; Pressure field; Pressure gradient; Surf zone; Swash zone

Indexed keywords

MOMENTUM BALANCE; PLUNGING BREAKER; PRESSURE FIELD; SURF ZONES; SWASH ZONE;

ACCELERATION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COASTAL ZONES; PACKED BEDS; VELOCITY;

PRESSURE GRADIENT;

BREAKING WAVE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; MOMENTUM; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; PRESSURE FIELD; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SHOALING WAVE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURF ZONE; WAVE RUNUP;

EID: 79957661721     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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