EDGE WAVES: A LONG-WAVE THEORY FOR OCEANS OF FINITE DEPTH

Edge waves travelling along a straight coastline are examined in the case when the water depth approaches a constant value at large distances from the coast. Only the fundamental mode is examined in the limit as the ratio of the water depth at infinity to the edge-wave wavelength tends to zero. Two comparison theorems are used to obtain upper and lower bounds for the dispersion relation. A long-wave approximation procedure is used to obtain the leading terms in the dispersion relation for a wide class of bottom topographies.

• Corporate Authors:

  Cambridge University Press

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• Authors:
  • Grimshaw, R
• Publication Date: 1974-2-27

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 775-791
• Serial:
  • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
  • Volume: 62
  • Issue Number: Pt4
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ocean waves; Technology; Wave measurement
• Old TRIS Terms: Water depth effects
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00057615
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 5 1974 12:00AM