Overview
- Includes modified third-order evolution equations of Liu and Dingemans
- Discusses a mild-slope equation and its action conservation for wave-current interactions over arbitrary depth
- Covers an extended Zakharov equation for varying topography
- Discusses short-crested waves and their loads on vertical structures
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About this book
Wave motion is one of the broadest scientific subjects in nature, especially water waves in the near-shore region which present more richness and complexity of variability with respect to deep-water waves. Dynamics of Surface Waves in Coastal Waters: Wave-Current-Bottom Interactions develops the typical basic theories (e.g. mild-slope equation and shore-crested waves) and applications of water wave propagation with an emphasis on wave-current-bottom interactions and Hamiltonian systems. In recent times, the interest in water wave propagation has accelerated because of rapid developments in global coastal ocean engineering.
This book lays a new foundation for coastal ocean engineering and includes numerous theories and concepts (generalized wave actions in particular), making it beneficial to physical oceanographers and engineers. The book has detailed illustrations and stimulating examples showing how the theory works, and up-to-date techniques, all of which make it accessible to a wide variety of readers, especially senior undergraduate and graduate students in fluid mechanics, coastal and ocean engineering, physical oceanography and applied mathematics.
Hu Huang is a professor of fluid mechanics at Shanghai University.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Dynamics of Surface Waves in Coastal Waters
Book Subtitle: Wave-Current-Bottom Interactions
Authors: Hu Huang
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88831-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: 236
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Additional Information: Jointly published with Higher Education Press
Topics: Classical and Continuum Physics, Offshore Engineering, Oceanography, Earth Sciences, general
Industry Sectors: Energy, Utilities & Environment