Dynamics of Wave Breaking at a Coastal Sea Wall

Structural designs barely consider the dynamic scenario of a well-developed impinging wave hitting the structure. The usual area of focus is on static and stability factors (e.g. drag, inertia, resistive forces related to weight, buoyancy, sliding etc). Even the "Factor of Safety" which is...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Antoine, Arthur L.
Other Authors: Chang, Kuang-An
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-12-7492