05260nam 22006493u 450 991100661540332120230803022924.09780486160191048616019X9781621985754162198575X(CKB)2550000001188689(EBL)1890421(MiAaPQ)EBC1890421(Au-PeEL)EBL1890421(CaONFJC)MIL568011(OCoLC)868965485(Perlego)113649(Exl-AI)1890421(EXLCZ)99255000000118868920141222d2013|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOceanographical Engineering1st ed.Newburyport Dover Publications20131 online resource (1057 p.)Dover Civil and Mechanical EngineeringDescription based upon print version of record.9780486446004 048644600X 9781306367608 1306367603 Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; CHAPTER ONE - Introduction; CHAPTER TWO - Theory of Periodic Waves; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. STANDING WAVES, LINEAR THEORY; 3. PROGRESSIVE WAVES, LINEAR THEORY; 4. STANDING WAVES, FINITE AMPLITUDE; 5. STOKES' WAVES, FINITE AMPLITUDE; 6. LIMITING STEEPNESS OF PROGRESSIVE WAVES; 7. CNOIDAL WAVES; 8. PARTIALLY REFLECTED WAVES; 9. SHORT-CRESTED WAVES; 10. ROTATIONAL WAVES; 11. SURFACE TENSION WAVES; 12. SOME EFFECTS OF VISCOSITY; REFERENCES; CHAPTER THREE - The Solitary Wave; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THEORY AND EXPERIMENT; 3. SHOALING WATER4. REFLECTION-THE MACH-STEM EFFECT5. DIFFRACTION BY BREAKWATER GAP; REFERENCES; CHAPTER FOUR - Impulsively Generated and Other Waves; 1. PROPAGATION OF WAVE GROUPS; 2. INITIAL ELEVATIONS; 3. INITIAL IMPULSE; 4. TRAVELING IMPULSE; 5. SHIP WAVES; 6. BULKHEAD WAVE GENERATOR; REFERENCES; CHAPTER FIVE - Tsunamis, Storm Surges, and Harbor Oscillations; 1. TSUNAMIS; 2. STORM SURGES; 3. SURF BEATS; 4. HARBOR OSCILLATIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER SIX - Effect of Structures on Waves; 1. BEACHES; 2. GRAVITY STRUCTURES; 3. VERTICAL RIGID THIN BARRIER; 4. SUBMERGED BREAKWATER; 5. PILE ARRAY6. FIXED SURFACE STRUCTURE7. FLOATING STRUCTURES; 8. RESONANT STRUCTURE REFLECTORS; 9. PNEUMATIC AND HYDRAULIC BREAKWATERS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER SEVEN - Waves in Shoaling Water; 1. TRANSFORMATION OF UNIFORM PERIODIC WAVES; 2. TRANSFORMATION OF IRREGULAR WAVES; 3. LINEAR LEAST-SQUARES METHOD OF PREDICTION OF WAVE MOTION; 4. WAVE REFRACTION; 5. BREAKERS AND SURF; 6. MULTIPLE CRESTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER EIGHT - Wave Diffraction; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SEMI-INFINITE BREAKWATER; 3. SINGLE BREAKWATER GAP; 4. MISCELLANEOUS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER NINE - Wind Waves and Swell; 1. WAVE CHARACTERISTICS2. RELATIONSHIPS AMONG WAVE DIMENSIONS, WINDS, AND FETCHES3. GENERATION OF WAVES; 4. WIND WAVES IN SHALLOW WATER; 5. LIMITED WIDTH WIND FIELD; 6. DECAY OF SWELL; REFERENCES; CHAPTER TEN - Wave Prediction; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. FORECASTING PROCEDURES AND THEIR RELIABILITY; 3. SURFACE WIND VELOCITY AND FETCH DETERMINATION; 4. EXAMPLE; REFERENCES; CHAPTER ELEVEN - Wave Forces; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. FORCES ON RIGID SUBMERGED BODIES IN UNSTEADY FLOW; 3. WAVE-INDUCED FORCES; 4. WAVE FORCES ON CIRCULAR CYLINDRICAL PILES; 5. VIBRATIONS; 6. WAVE FORCES ON SPHERES7. WAVE FORCES ON SUBMERGED VERTICAL PLATES8. WAVE FORCES ON SUBMERGED BARGELIKE STRUCTURES; 9. WAVE FORCES ON LARGE CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; 10. WAVE FORCES ON VERTICAL WALLS; 11. SLOPING, CURVED, AND STEPPED BARRIERS; 12. BREAKING WAVE FORCES; 13. RUBBLE MOUND BREAKWATER; REFERENCES; CHAPTER TWELVE - Tides and Sea Level Changes; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. ASTRONOMICAL TIDES; 3. SEA LEVEL CHANGES; 4. METEOROLOGICAL TIDES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER THIRTEEN - Currents; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. WIND DRIFT; 3. WIND DRIFT AND THE EFFECT OF BOUNDARIES; 4. INERTIAL CURRENTS; 5. WAVE-INDUCED CURRENTS; 6. TIDAL CURRENTS7. MAJOR OCEAN CURRENTSAs is the case with many modern fields of study, oceanographical engineering cuts across the boundaries of several disciplines. Like other scientific endeavors, it aims to understand the nature of the ocean and to make use of this understanding for the benefit of humanity through better ports, safer and more economical operations at sea, and greater use of the oceans' natural resources--food, raw materials, and recreation.This graduate-level text requires a knowledge of fluid mechanics; a background in the motions of sediments in fluids is advisable, as is a concurrent course in structural dynDover Civil and Mechanical EngineeringCoastal engineeringGenerated by AIHydraulic engineeringGenerated by AICoastal engineeringHydraulic engineering551.47Wiegel Robert L30850AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9911006615403321Oceanographical engineering1574935UNINA