Waves and Wave Forces on Coastal &.(V21)

By Robert T. Hudspeth

This book focuses on: (1) the physics of the fundamental dynamics of fluids and of semi-immersed Lagrangian solid bodies that are responding to wave-induced loads; (2) the scaling of dimensional equations and boundary value problems in order to determine a small dimensionless parameter ε that may be applied to linearize the equations and the boundary value problems so as to obtain a linear system; (3) the replacement of differential and integral calculus with algebraic equations that require only algebraic substitutions instead of differentiations and integrations; and (4) the importance of comparing numerical and analytical computations with data from laboratories and/or nature.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9812386122
• ISBN13: 9789812386120
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 952 Pages
• Weight: 3.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"