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Dec 31, 2015
Wave Forces on Armor Blocks
Authors: M. A. Losada, R. Medina, and M. AlejoAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Coastal Engineering 1988
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Experimental measurements of hydrodynamic forces on a cubic block near the bottom under solitary waves were carried out. Horizontal and vertical forces were recorded and instantaneous and averaged values of hydrodynamic coefficients CD, CM and CL for different boundary conditions, gap between block and bottom, e, and two or three-dimensional flow, were obtained. Horizontal and vertical forces were found to depend strongly on e/D, where D is the block side. Instantaneous values of hydrodynamic coefficients vary considerably during the wave passage and differ appreciably from the averaged coefficients.
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Coastal Engineering 1988
Pages: 2479 - 2488
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© 1989 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Dec 31, 2015
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M. A. Losada
Universidad de Cantabria. Spain.
R. Medina
Universidad de Cantabria. Spain.
M. Alejo
Universidad Politécnica de Las Palmas. Spain.
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