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Geohydraulic behaviour of rubble breakwaters: Opticrest
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Dutch title: Geohydraulisch gedrag van stortsteengolfbrekers: OPTICREST
Parent project: The Optimisation of Crest Level Design of Sloping Coastal Structures through Prototype Monitoring and Modelling, more
Funder identifier: P102/174M1297 (Other contract id)
Acronym: OPTICREST
Period: April 1998 till September 1999
Status: Completed

Thesaurus terms: Coastal waters; Hydraulics; Physical oceanography; Rubblemound breakwaters
  • Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen; Vakgroep Civiele Techniek; Laboratorium voor Hydraulica, more, co-ordinator
Within a multidisciplinary research project wave run-up, wave overtopping and spray on a rubble mound breakwater are determined. Measuremants on an instrumented cross section of the western breakwater of Zeebrugge are carried out.