MULTIPLE PURPOSE OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR STUDIES OF SHORT STEEP WATER WAVES
Optical instrument, utilizing light reflection principle, has been designed which is capable of determining not only surface slope, but also surface curvature distribution; this instrument has been successfully tested in laboratory studies of wind generated waves; some sample results are included to illustrate applicability of instrument.
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Availability:
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Corporate Authors:
American Institute of Physics
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Authors:
- Wu, Jingxian
- Lawrence, J M
- Tebay, E S
- Tulin, M P
- Publication Date: 1969-9
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 1209-13
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Serial:
- Review of Scientific Instruments
- Volume: 40
- Issue Number: 9
- Publisher: American Institute of Physics
- ISSN: 0034-6748
- EISSN: 1089-7623
- Serial URL: http://rsi.aip.org/
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Technology; Water waves; Wave measurement
- Old TRIS Terms: Wave slope measurement
- Subject Areas: Design; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00001567
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Engineering Index
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 30 1973 12:00AM