05425nam 2200661Ia 450 991045436620332120200520144314.01-281-93451-89786611934514981-279-457-3(CKB)1000000000538022(EBL)1679311(SSID)ssj0000098328(PQKBManifestationID)11111311(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000098328(PQKBWorkID)10132290(PQKB)11113353(MiAaPQ)EBC1679311(WSP)00004699(Au-PeEL)EBL1679311(CaPaEBR)ebr10255585(OCoLC)879074222(EXLCZ)99100000000053802219941019d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAdvances in coastal and ocean engineeringVolume 7[electronic resource] /editor, Philip L.-F. LiuSingapore ;River Edge, N.J. World Scientificc20011 online resource (253 p.)Advances in coastal and ocean engineering ;v. 7Description based upon print version of record.981-02-4620-X Includes bibliographical references.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 tension4. 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 Waves7.1. Formulation of the equations7.2. 1D situation no ambient currents; 8. Observations of Wave Modulations; 8.1. Theoretical aspects of modulational instability; 8.2. Laboratory observations; 8.3. Deep-water modulation: initial stage and demodulation; 8.4. Deep-water modulation: modulation leading to breaking; 8.5. Spectral evolution; 8.6. Comparison between theory and experiment; 9. Summary; References; Bubble Measurement Techniques and Bubble Dynamics in Coastal Shallow Water; 1. Introduction; 2. Primary Mechanisms of Wave Breaking and Bubble Generation3. The Bubble Field Description and Bubble Sensors4. Shallow Water Deployment Techniques; 5. Large Scale Shallow Water Field Experiments (1985-1999); 6. Bubble Void Fraction Variations Near Surf Zones; 7. Bubble Size Distributions in Littoral Zones; 8. General Remarks on Bubble Dynamics in Shallow Water; References; Simulation of Waves in Harbors Using Two-Dimensional Elliptic Equation Models; 1. Introduction; 2. Boundary Conditions; 3. Numerical Solution; 4. Incorporation of Additional Mechanisms; 5. Application to Harbors; 6. Concluding Remarks; ReferencesRecent Advances in the Modeling of Wave and Permeable Structure Interaction1. Introduction; 2. Porous Flow Models; 3. General Governing Equations and Matching Conditions; 4. Wave Interaction with Structures. Linear Solutions; 5. Shallow Water Models; 6. Short Wave-Averaged Flow; 7. Modeling Based on the Navier-Stokes Equations; 8. Conclusions; 9. Future Work; References; Descriptive Hydrodynamics of Lock-Exchange Flows; 1. Introduction; 2. Experimental Facilities; 3. Basis for Interpretations of Flow Images; 4. Features of Gravity Currents; 5. Features of Internal Bores6. Flow Expansion of Gravity Currents and Internal BoresThis invaluable volume consists of five articles covering a wide range of topics in coastal oceanographic engineering. The reader can find an article discussing the modern bubble measurement techniques applied to field studies of bubble dynamics in coastal shallow water. A comprehensive review paper on nonlinear modulation of water waves provides readers with a new perspective on nonlinear processes in the coastal and ocean wave environment. For those who are interested in wave modeling, there are two review articles discussing various wave models, which can be used to study wave-structure intAdvances in coastal and ocean engineering ;v. 7.Coastal engineeringOcean engineeringElectronic books.Coastal engineering.Ocean engineering.620.4146Liu Philip L. F496387MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454366203321Advances in coastal and ocean engineering43084UNINA03672nam 2200793Ia 450 991015497100332120200520144314.01-55458-556-21-282-23280-097866138105400-88920-678-310.51644/9780889206786(CKB)2430000000002456(OCoLC)243568471(CaPaEBR)ebrary10139273(SSID)ssj0000382656(PQKBManifestationID)12143990(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000382656(PQKBWorkID)10396443(PQKB)10449863(SSID)ssj0000745227(PQKBManifestationID)12360244(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000745227(PQKBWorkID)10851389(PQKB)11736747(CaPaEBR)402446(CaBNvSL)jme00326873 (MiAaPQ)EBC3246199(MiAaPQ)EBC3050253(OCoLC)1016592416(MdBmJHUP)muse58180(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/097j1q(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/402446(PPN)250539047(DE-B1597)667316(DE-B1597)9780889206786(EXLCZ)99243000000000245619830811d1982 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe firm and the formless religion and identity in aboriginal Australia /Hans Mol1st ed.Waterloo, Ont, Canada Wilfred Laurier University Pressc19821 online resource (112 p.) Religion and identity. Social-scientific studies in religion ;2Includes index.0-88920-117-X Includes bibliography and indexes.Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Religion and Identity -- Objectification -- Commitment -- Ritual -- Myths -- Breakdown and Native Revitalization -- The European Effect on Revitalization -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- IndexThis volume is woven around the idea that wholeness (the firm) and fragmentation (risking formlessness) alternate in human affairs. This theme is applied to the history and the present condition of Australian Aboriginals. Their religion is seen as a way to bolster a precarious identity and to affirm order in an existence which would otherwise become formless. It deals with totemism as a form of ordering a variety of often conflicting identities. The author describes the modern predicament of Aborigines in Australian society and concludes that their revitalization will occur only when they manage to make economic self-sufficiency subordinate to a viable and firm view of existence. He critically integrates into his analyses and interpretations the positions of such well-known scholars as Frazer, Durkheim, Freud, Lévi-Strauss, Radcliffe-Brown, Eliade, and Stanner. The volume will be of interest to students of sociology, anthropology, and religion.Religion and identity ;2.Aboriginal AustraliansReligionAboriginal AustraliansEthnic identityMythology, Aboriginal AustralianAboriginal AustraliansReligion.Aboriginal AustraliansEthnic identity.Mythology, Aboriginal Australian.306/.6/0899915Mol Hans1922-783777MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910154971003321The firm and the formless2857334UNINA