Wave Mechanics for Ocean Engineering (Elsevier Oceanography Series)
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Published: July 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 520
ISBN-13: 9780444503800
Subjects: Fluid mechanics; Oceanography (seas); Science; Dynamic Oceanography; Technology & Industrial Arts; Waves & Wave Mechanics; Science/Mathematics; Wave Mechanics; Engineering - Mechanical; Geophysics; Hydraulics; Science / Geophysics; Earth Sciences - Oceanography; Ocean waves
First sentence: Let us assume that the two-dimensional irrotational flow has a free surface, and let us call n(y, t) the vertical displacement of this free surface.