Performance of the wave energy dissipation of a floating breakwater with truss structures and the quantification of transmission coefficients

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 687-697

  Uzaki, Ken Ichi ^a   Ikehata, Yoshito ^b   Matsunaga, Nobuhiro ^c  

^a PORT AND AIRPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NIPPON BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BREAKWATER; DISSIPATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FLOATING STRUCTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STEEL STRUCTURE; WATER DEPTH; WAVE ENERGY;

EID: 79960216550     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-09-00070.1     Document Type: Article

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