VIOLENT WAVE OVERTOPPING-MEASUREMENTS at LARGE and SMALL SCALE

Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference

Volumn 2003-January, Issue , 2003, Pages 2227-2238

  Pearson, Jonathan ^a   Bruce, Tom ^b   Allsop, William ^c   Gironella, Xavier ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; FORECASTING; RETAINING WALLS; WATER WAVES;

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECTS; MEAN OVERTOPPING DISCHARGE; OVERTOPPING RATES; PHYSICAL MODEL; SCALE EFFECTS; VERTICAL WALL; VIOLENT WAVE OVERTOPPING; WAVE OVERTOPPINGS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84950155593     PISSN: 01613782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812791306_0187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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