MODEL TESTING and RELIABILITY EVALUATION of the NEW DEEPWATER BREAKWATER at la CORUÑA, SPAIN

Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 1581-1593

  Burcharth, Hans F ^a   Maciñeira, Enrique ^b   Canalejo, Pedro ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Autoridad Portuaria A Coruña   (Spain)

^c Ingenieros y Arquitectos Consultores ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMOR; COASTAL ENGINEERING; DESIGN; OIL TANKERS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

ARMOUR BLOCKS; CROSS SECTION DESIGNS; DEEP-WATER PORT; DESIGN CRITERIA; DESIGN PROCEDURE; MODEL TESTING; RELIABILITY EVALUATION; RUBBLE MOUND BREAKWATERS;

BREAKWATERS;

EID: 84950144026     PISSN: 01613782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812791306_0133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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