A small-scale field experiment is conducted on a U-Oscillating Water Column (U-OWC)
incorporated into a model of caisson breakwater at the Natural Ocean Engineering …

A small-scale field experiment was conducted on a U-OWC incorporated into a caisson
breakwater at the NOEL laboratory of Reggio Calabria (Italy). The U-Oscillating Water …

In the last decades, the research has directed its efforts and resources paper is to investigate
towards the possibility to incorporate wave energy converters, into the traditional maritime …

A prototype-scale physical model was used to study wave height attenuation through an
idealized mangrove forest and the resulting reduction of wave forces and pressures on a …

A better understanding and prediction of the dynamic processes that govern the coastal
zone is the topic of the current paper; in particular, a deep investigation of the coastal …

Wave energy is a renewable energy source that has an immense potential for exploitation
as clean energy. Studies on the oscillating water column (OWC) widely pertain to the …

ABSTRACT Arena, F. and Barbaro, G., 2013. The Natural Ocean Engineering Laboratory,
NOEL, in Reggio Calabria, Italy: A commentary and announcement. The Natural Ocean …

To withstand the local wave climate, coastal structure design relies on our understanding of
the wave characteristics at the structure wall and the forces they impose onto the wall …

The analytical solution for the return period R≥ 2′(H) of a sea storm having at least two
individual waves higher than a fixed level H, is obtained. This solution is based on the …

An analytical non-linear theory is presented for the interaction between three-dimensional
sea wave groups and a seawall during an exceptionally high crest or deep trough in the …