Discusses the art and science of physical modelling as applied in coastal engineering. Topics covered include: advantages and disadvantages of physical models; systems of units; dimensional analysis; types of similitude; and avarious hydraulic similitude criteria.
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sediment fall speed, spiral wavemaker, wavemaker theory, wavemaker problem, capacitance wave gauge, bedload models, directional wavemaker, engineering physical models, wave board, board displacement, irregular wave trains, morphological time scale, wave flume, coastal engineering problems, median grain size diameter, similitude criteria, board velocity, undistorted model, deepwater wavelength, time series realizations, sea surface elevation, board stroke, draulic models, model length scale, wave time series Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
American Society of Civil Engineers, Coastal Engineering Conference, Best Model, New York, Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Journal of Waterway, Crescent City, John Wiley, Hydraulic Laboratory Techniques, Hydraulic Physical Modelling, Journal of Hydraulic Research, Journal of the Waterways, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Ocean Division, Research Report, Inshore Model, Ottesen Hansen, United States, Delft Hydraulics Laboratory, Goda Method, Gulf Publishing Company, Modelling Hydraulic Structures, New Jersey, Technical University of Denmark, Columbia River New!
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sediment fall speed, spiral wavemaker, wavemaker theory, wavemaker problem, capacitance wave gauge, bedload models, directional wavemaker, engineering physical models, wave board, board displacement, irregular wave trains, morphological time scale, wave flume, coastal engineering problems, median grain size diameter, similitude criteria, board velocity, undistorted model, deepwater wavelength, time series realizations, sea surface elevation, board stroke, draulic models, model length scale, wave time series Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
American Society of Civil Engineers, Coastal Engineering Conference, Best Model, New York, Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Journal of Waterway, Crescent City, John Wiley, Hydraulic Laboratory Techniques, Hydraulic Physical Modelling, Journal of Hydraulic Research, Journal of the Waterways, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Ocean Division, Research Report, Inshore Model, Ottesen Hansen, United States, Delft Hydraulics Laboratory, Goda Method, Gulf Publishing Company, Modelling Hydraulic Structures, New Jersey, Technical University of Denmark, Columbia River New!
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- Recent Advances in Hydraulic Physical Modelling (NATO Science Series E: (closed)) by R. Martins on 7 pages
- Symposium on Scale Effects in Modelling Hydraulic Structures (Esslingen am Neckar, Germany, September 3-6, 1984) by Intn'l. Assoc. for Hydraulic Research on 6 pages
- Coastal Engineering Research on 6 pages
- Handbook of Coastal and Ocean Engineering, Vol. 1: Wave Phenomena and Costal Structures by John B. Herbich on 5 pages
- Water Wave Mechanics for Engineers and Scientists (v. 1) by Robert G. Dean on 4 pages
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- Basic Coastal Engineering by Robert M. Sorensen on page 7, page 152, and Back Matter
- Basic Coastal Engineering by Robert Sorensen on page 7, page 146, and Back Matter
- INTRODUCTION TO COASTAL ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT (Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering - Vol. 16) by J William Kamphuis in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Design of Marine Facilities for the Berthing, Mooring, and Repair of Vessels by John W. Gaythwaite on page 93, and page 230
- Fluvial, Environmental and Coastal Developments in Hydraulic Engineering: Proceedings of the International Workshop on State-of-the-Art Hydraulic Engineering, Bari, Italy, 16-19 February 2004 by Michele Mossa on page 62
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