TY - JOUR
T1 - An artificial surfing reef in São Pedro do Estoril beach, Portugal. Numerical and physical modeling studies
AU - Fortes, Conceição
AU - Da Graça Neves, Maria
AU - Mendonça, Ana
AU - Pinheiro, Liliana
AU - Leite, Luís
AU - Mendes, Lourenço
AU - Monteiro, Pedro
AU - Palha, Artur
AU - Bicudo, Pedro
AU - Cardoso, Nuno
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - This paper describes the Numerical and Physical Modelling components of the main project entitled "Viability study of the artificial surfing reef of S. Pedro do Estoril". These studies aim to establish the main characteristics (dimensions, orientation and location) of the artificial surfing reef for S. Pedro do Estoril and to analyze its hydrodynamic peifonnance for different incident wave conditions. The main conclusions of both studies were that the reef solution permits the improvement of the surf conditions in the area of S. Pedro do Estoril especially for the most frequent wave in the region. However, in both studies some problems related with strong reflection and vortices in the reef's corners where detected and should be improved in the final solution.
AB - This paper describes the Numerical and Physical Modelling components of the main project entitled "Viability study of the artificial surfing reef of S. Pedro do Estoril". These studies aim to establish the main characteristics (dimensions, orientation and location) of the artificial surfing reef for S. Pedro do Estoril and to analyze its hydrodynamic peifonnance for different incident wave conditions. The main conclusions of both studies were that the reef solution permits the improvement of the surf conditions in the area of S. Pedro do Estoril especially for the most frequent wave in the region. However, in both studies some problems related with strong reflection and vortices in the reef's corners where detected and should be improved in the final solution.
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U2 - 10.1142/9789814277426_0021
DO - 10.1142/9789814277426_0021
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:84873867123
SN - 0161-3782
SP - 255
EP - 267
JO - Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference
JF - Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference
T2 - 31st International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 2008
Y2 - 31 August 2008 through 5 September 2008
ER -