Abstract
The berm breakwater concept is basicly rather old, but was not used very much until it was “reinvented” in the early 1980’ties, when a slope protection for an airfield runway extending into the sea in the Alutian Islands, Alaska was designed.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Second International Coastal Symposium in Iceland : At Höfn the Town of Hornafjördur 5-8 June 2005 : Abstracts and Papers |
| Editors | G. Viggosson |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Publisher | Hornafjördur and Icelandic Martitime Administration |
| Publication date | 2005 |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |
| Event | Second International Coastal Symposium in Iceland - Höfn, Hornafjördur, Iceland Duration: 5 Jun 2005 → 8 Jun 2005 Conference number: 2 |
Conference
| Conference | Second International Coastal Symposium in Iceland |
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| Number | 2 |
| Country/Territory | Iceland |
| City | Höfn, Hornafjördur |
| Period | 05/06/2005 → 08/06/2005 |
Keywords
- Breakwaters
- Model tests
- Overtopping formula
- Guidelines
- Berm breakwaters