Rock stability of rubble mound breakwaters with a berm

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 78, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-45

  Van Gent, Marcel R A ^a  

^a DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Berm; Breakwaters; Design formula; Physical model tests; Rock slopes

Indexed keywords

BERM; DESIGN FORMULAE; PHYSICAL MODEL TEST; ROCK SLOPE; ROCK STABILITY; RUBBLE MOUND BREAKWATERS; TESTS AND ANALYSIS; WAVE STEEPNESS;

BREAKWATERS;

ROCKS;

BERM; BREAKWATER; COASTAL ENGINEERING; DESIGN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; ROCK PROPERTY; SLOPE; SLOPE STABILITY; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 84876741115     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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