FINITE-AMPLITUDE, SHALLOW WATER-WAVES OF PERIODICALLY RECURRING FORM

Finite-amplitude, periodic, sinusoidal waves generated in constant-depth shallow water break down into two or more waves traveling at speeds dependent on their height. These waves are here called solitons (waves resembling solitary waves) after an analagous phenomenom in plasma physics. A large soliton overtakes previously generated smaller solitons, and the amplitude of the larger wave temporarily decreases during the resulting interaction. Test results indicate that an initial sinusoidal wave form produced by the wave generator can be thought of as the forced superposition of a number of solitary waves. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Also published in the Proceedings of the Symposium on Long Waves, Delaware University, Newark, 10-11 September 1970, pp 1-32.
• Corporate Authors:

  Army Coastal Engineering Research Center

  Fort Belvoir, VA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Galvin Jr, C J
• Publication Date: 1970-9

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 33 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Navigation; Overtopping; Wave motion; Waves
• Uncontrolled Terms: Solitary waves
• Old TRIS Terms: Shallow water effects; Wave action
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00044613
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: CERC-Reprint-5-72
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 4 1974 12:00AM