Probability distribution of individual wave overtopping volumes for smooth impermeable steep slopes with low crest freeboards

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 64, Issue , 2012, Pages 87-101

  Victor, L ^a   van der Meer, J W ^b   Troch, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Van Der Meer Consulting BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Individual volumes; Low crest freeboard; Steep slope; Wave overtopping

Indexed keywords

CREST FREEBOARDS; DEEP WATER; DEFENSE STRUCTURE; DESIGN APPLICATIONS; INDIVIDUAL VOLUMES; LOW-CREST; OVERTOPPING WAVES; RUN-UP HEIGHTS; SCALE FACTOR; SEVERE STORMS; SHAPE FACTOR; SLOPE ANGLES; SMOOTH DIKE; STEEP SLOPE; VERTICAL WALL; WAVE OVERTOPPING; WAVE OVERTOPPINGS;

EXPERIMENTS; LEVEES; STORMS; WATER WAVES; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

PROBABILITY;

COASTAL PROTECTION; COASTAL STRUCTURE; DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OVERTOPPING; PROBABILITY; SLOPE ANGLE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE-STRUCTURE INTERACTION;

EID: 84859000699     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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