Basic Wave Mechanics: For Coastal and Ocean Engineers

ISBN-13: 9780471551652 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 304 str.

Robert Martin Sorensen; Sarah Sorensen

Opis

Intended for coastal engineers and marine scientists who desire to develop a fundamental physical understanding of ocean waves and be able to apply this knowledge to ocean and coastal analysis and design.

Spis treści

Sea Surface Gravity Waves.

Small Amplitude Wave Theory and Characteristics.

Two–Dimensional Wave Transformation.

Finite Amplitude Wave Theory.

Three–Dimensional Wave Transformations.

Wind–Generated Waves.

Design Wave Determination.

Wave–Structure Interaction.

Long Waves.

Laboratory Investigation of Surface Waves.

Index.