Distributions of envelope and phase in weakly nonlinear random waves

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 1994, Pages 1009-1025

  Aziz Tayfun, M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER WAVES;

DEEP WATER WAVES; ENVELOPE DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM WAVES;

WAVE TRANSMISSION;

DEEP WATER; DISTRIBUTIONS; ENVELOPE; PHASE; WAVE MODELLING;

NONLINEAR; RANDOM WAVES; WAVE THEORY;

EID: 0028436858     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(1994)120:5(1009)     Document Type: Article

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