The applied dynamics of ocean surface waves / Chiang C. Mei



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The applied dynamics of ocean surface waves / Chiang C. Mei

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This book aims to present selected theoretical topics on ocean-wave dynamics, including basic principles and applications in coastal and offshore engineering.

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Ocean waves

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Title
The applied dynamics of ocean surface waves / Chiang C. Mei
Creators
  • Mei, Chiang C., 1935-
Subject
  • Ocean waves
Publisher
  • World Scientific,
  • National Library Board Singapore,
Contributors
Digital Description
application/pdf, ill.
Provenance
Table of Contents
  • One. Introduction -- Two. Propagation of transient waves in open water of essentially constant depth -- Three. Refraction by slowly varying depth or current -- Four. Long waves of infinitesimal amplitude over bottom with appreciable variations -- Five. Harbor oscillations excited by incident long waves -- Six. Effects of head loss at a constriction on the scattering of long waves: hydraulic theory -- Seven. Floating body dynamics: diffraction and radiation by large bodies -- Eight. Viscous damping in small-amplitude waves -- Nine. Mass transport due to viscosity -- Ten. Currents induced by breaking waves -- Eleven. Nonlinear long waves in shallow water -- Twelve. Some aspects of nonlinear waves in water of intermediate or great depth -- Thirteen. Wave-induced stresses in a poroelastic seabed -- References -- Author index -- Subject index.
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Copyright
  • All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.