Damage pattern and damage progression on breakwater roundheads under multidirectional waves

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-35

  Comola, F ^a,c   Lykke Andersen, T ^b   Martinelli, L ^a   Burcharth, H F ^b   Ruol, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breakwater roundhead; Damage pattern; Physical model; Rubble mound breakwater; Stability number

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE PATTERN; PHYSICAL MODEL; ROUNDHEADS; RUBBLE MOUND BREAKWATERS; STABILITY NUMBER;

BREAKWATERS; DAMAGE DETECTION; WATER WAVES;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

BREAKWATER; DAMAGE MECHANICS; MODEL TEST; STABILITY ANALYSIS; WAVE DIRECTION; WAVE HEIGHT;

EID: 84885764828     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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