Overtopping on Breakwaters of Complex Cross Sections

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2007

Authors

Fernando Veloso Gomes (Author) FEUP; Francisco Taveira Pinto (Author) FEUP; Emílio Brogueira Dias (Author) FEUP; Hugo Guedes Lopes (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference (ed. L. Franco, G. Tomasicchio, A. Lamberti)

Pages: 1596-1610

Coastal Structures 2007

Venice, Italy, July 2-4

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FOS: Engineering and technology > Civil engineering

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Civil engineering

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Abstract (EN): Over the past few decades, several formulas have been developed for predicting overtopping phenomena on coastal structures. Since most of them were intended for “standard” cross sections, the study of overtopping in structures with complex cross sections is not easy to perform using these formulas, even if their section is adapted to the “standard” model. In this paper the main questions concerning the differences obtained are discussed and some suggestions are presented in order to improve the evaluation of overtopping. The approach presented by HR Wallingford (1999) will be used as well as that of the Clash project by way of comparison.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 15