Barrier dynamics experiment (BARDEX): Aims, design and procedures

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 3-12

  Williams, J J ^a   Buscombe, D ^b   Masselink, G ^b   Turner, I L ^c   Swinkels, C ^d  

^a ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Delta flume; Gravel barrier; Prototype scale experiment; Tides; Waves

Indexed keywords

BARRIER DYNAMICS; DELTA FLUME; GRAVEL BEACHES; HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS; LABORATORY STUDIES; LOCATION SENSORS; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; SYSTEMATIC TEST; WAVE FORCING; WAVE PERIOD;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BEACHES; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GRAVEL; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; SCAFFOLDS; TIDES; WATER LEVELS; WAVES;

EXPERIMENTS;

BEACH; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GRAVEL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; LABORATORY METHOD; OCEAN TIDE; OCEAN WAVE; WAVE FORCE;

EID: 84862777607     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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