Violent wave impacts on vertical and inclined walls: Large scale model tests

Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference

Volumn 2005-January, Issue , 2005, Pages 4075-4086

  Obhrai, Charlotte ^a   Bullock, Geoffrey ^a   Wolters, Guido ^b   Müller, Gerald ^b   Peregrine, Howell ^c   Bredmose, Henrik ^c   Grüne, Joachim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Forschungszentrum Küste ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

BREAKING WAVES; COMBINED MEASUREMENTS; INCLINED WALLS; LARGE-SCALE MODEL TEST; MODEL TESTS; WAVE IMPACTS; WAVE PRESSURE;

OFFSHORE STRUCTURES;

EID: 84950314594     PISSN: 01613782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812701916-0329     Document Type: Conference Paper

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