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Large-Wave Simulation of Breaking Waves Over a Beach

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Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation X

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Wave transformation and breaking on a beach are associated with important coastal processes like wave-generated currents, sediment transport and coastal erosion.

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Acknowledgements

This paper is part of the research project ARISTEIA I - 1718, implemented within the framework of the program Education and Lifelong Learning, and co-financed by the European Union (European Social Fund) and Hellenic Republic funds.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Laboratory of Hydraulic Engineering, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

    A. A. Dimas

  2. Coastal Structures, HR Wallingford, Wallingford, UK

    A. S. Dimakopoulos

  3. Department of Mobility and Public Works, Flanders Hydraulics Research, Flemish Government, Antwerp, Belgium

    G. A. Kolokythas

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

    Dimokratis G.E. Grigoriadis

  2. Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Bernard J. Geurts

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Hans Kuerten

  4. Institute of Fluid Mechanics, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    Jochen Fröhlich

  5. Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Architettura, Università di Trieste, Trieste, Italy

    Vincenzo Armenio

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Dimas, A.A., Dimakopoulos, A.S., Kolokythas, G.A. (2018). Large-Wave Simulation of Breaking Waves Over a Beach. In: Grigoriadis, D., Geurts, B., Kuerten, H., Fröhlich, J., Armenio, V. (eds) Direct and Large-Eddy Simulation X. ERCOFTAC Series, vol 24. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63212-4_63

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