DISCUSSIONS AND CLOSURES
Sep 1, 1995

Comparative Study on Breaking Wave Forces on Vertical Walls

Publication: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 121, Issue 5
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Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 121Issue 5September 1995
Pages: 270 - 272

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William Allsop
Prof. (assoc.), Univ. of Sheffield, ;co HR Wallingford, Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BA, United Kingdom.
Gerald Müller
Post-doctoral Res. Fellow, Queen's Univ. Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, United Kingdom.

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