On the calculation of the water particle kinematics arising in a directionally spread wavefield

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 70-92

  Bateman, W J D ^a,c   Swan, C ^a   Taylor, P H ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c RISK MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Directional water waves; Extreme ocean waves; Nonlinear wave wave interactions; Three dimensional wave modelling; Water wave kinematics; Wave groups

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; FOURIER SERIES; GRAVITY WAVES; KINEMATICS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

DIRECTIONAL WATER WAVE; EXTREME OCEAN WAVES; NONLINEAR WAVE-WAVE INTERACTION; NONLINEAR WAVES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL WAVE MODELING; WATER WAVE KINEMATIC; WAVE GROUP; WAVE KINEMATICS; WAVE MODELLING; WAVE-WAVE INTERACTIONS;

WATER WAVES;

EID: 0037456929     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9991(03)00012-3     Document Type: Article

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