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Advances in coastal and ocean engineering . Volume 7 [[electronic resource] /] / editor, Philip L.-F. Liu |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Singapore ; ; River Edge, N.J., : World Scientific, c2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-93451-8 |
9786611934514 |
981-279-457-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (253 p.) |
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Collana |
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Advances in coastal and ocean engineering ; ; v. 7 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Coastal engineering |
Ocean engineering |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preface to the review series; Preface to the seventh volume; Contributors; Contents; Nonlinear Modulation of Water Waves; 1. Introduction; 2. Basic Insight into Modulational Processes; 2.1. A simple example of instability; 2.2. Basic ideas of the Benjamin-Feir instability mechanism; 3. Nonlinear Schrodinger-type Equations: Horizontal Bottom; 3.1. A heuristic derivation of the NLS equation; 3.2. The scaling in the NLS equation; 3.3. A sketch of the derivation in two horizontal dimensions; 3.4. Conservation laws; 3.5. Special cases of NLS-type equations; 3.6. Effects of surface tension |
4. Nonlinear Schrodinger-type Equations: Uneven Bottom4.1. Propagation in one dimension; 4.2. Propagation in two horizontal dimensions; 4.3. Shallow-water limit; 4.4. Effect of an ambient current on 1D propagation; 5. Some Solutions of the NLS-type Equations; 5.1. Decaying solutions; 5.2. Soliton-type solutions; 6. Higher-Order Modulation Equations; 6.1. The Dysthe equation; 6.2. Modification due to an ambient current; 6.3. The Zakharov equation; 6.4. Reduction of Zakharov equation to NLS-type equation; 6.5. Extensions of the Zakharov equation; 7. Generation of Free Long Waves |
7.1. Formulation of the equations7.2. 1D situation no ambient currents; |
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