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WAVE BASIN [2 records]

Record 1 1996-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research
  • Sciences - General

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche scientifique
  • Sciences - Généralités
OBS

Source : SEC-51/78.

Spanish

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Record 2 1983-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
CONT

Hydraulic models of harbors are (...) constructed to a linear scale of from 1:100 to 1:150, model to prototype, depending on the size of the harbor and the available wave-basin space. (...) Models are constructed of concrete on a wave-basin floor (...) Waves are reproduced to scale by a movable, plunger-type wave machine (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
OBS

Essais sur modèles réduits. (...) a) Études d'agitation dont le but est de définir les ouvrages nécessaires pour assurer une protection suffisante du plan d'eau portuaire, vis-à-vis de la houle et des seiches. Ces études se font en bassin où l'on reproduit les fonds et les ouvrages existants (...). b) Études de stabilité des ouvrages de protection (...) Elles s'effectuent en canal à houles (...) [ou] en cuve à houle (...)

Spanish

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