Onshore wind can significantly affect wave overtopping process and increase mean discharge. Thus, the should be an important variable in coastal design process. However, despite many researches have analyzed influence of on overtopping, there is still a lack exhaustive knowledge about this phenomenon. To further analyze effects, CFD model FLOW-3D has been used to investigate at vertical seawall...

This thesis describes electrostatic actuation techniques and mechanical design features for realizing large planar analog vertical travel in an electrostatically actuated diffractive mid-infrared optical device, which is robust, both to manufacture, and against pull-in during use. This device, called the Polychromator, is fabricated by polysilicon surface-micromachining and consists of many par...

A two-dimensional numerical model is used to study the response to upwellingand downwelling-favorable winds on a shelf with a strong pycnocline. During upwelling or downwelling, the pycnocline intersects the surface or bottom, forming a front that moves offshore. The characteristics of the front and of the inner shelf inshore of the front are quite different for upwelling and downwelling. For a...