Wave loadings acting on Overtopping Breakwater for Energy Conversion

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 65, 2013, Pages 1669-1674

  Vicinanza, Diego ^a,b   Nørgaard, Jørgen Harck ^b   Contestabile, Pasquale ^a   Andersen, Thomas Lykke ^b  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Front reservoir; Laboratory experiments; Overtopping; Rubble mound breakwaters; Wave loadings

Indexed keywords

BREAKWATER; COASTAL ENGINEERING; INNOVATION; LABORATORY METHOD; LOADING; OVERTOPPING; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; WAVE ACTION; WAVE ENERGY;

AALBORG; DENMARK; NORDJYLLAND;

EID: 84879345116     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/SI65-282.1     Document Type: Article

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