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Apr 26, 2012
Crown Wall Parapet Failure after a Severe Wave Storm — Isle of Alboran, Mediterranean Sea
Authors: Vicente Negro, Ovidio Varela, Javier Díez, and Gregorio IglesiasAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Coastal Structures 2003
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In 2000 a vertical breakwater was completed to shelter the small army harbour on the Isle of Alborán, a small island in the Sea of the same name, halfway between Southeastern Spain and Morocco. In November 2001, a severe storm swept the Alborán Sea. This paper deals with the effects of the storm, the behavior of the vertical breakwater, the damage to the parapet, and the proposed solutions
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Coastal Structures 2003
Pages: 1225 - 1236
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© 2004 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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Vicente Negro
Assist. Prof., E.T.S. Ingenieros de Caminos, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Ovidio Varela
Assist. Prof., E.T.S. Ingenieros de Caminos, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Javier Díez
Prof., E.T.S. Ingenieros de Caminos, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Gregorio Iglesias
Assist. Prof., E.T.S. Ingenieros de Caminos, Universidad de A Coruña
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