Propagation of long water waves through branching channels

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 859-871

  Shi, Aimin ^a   Teng, Michelle H ^b   Sou, In Mei ^c  

^a Environ Fluid Dynamics Research   (United States)

^b University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

^c School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Boussinesq equations; Long waves; Numerical analysis; Open channels

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHANNEL FLOW; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATIONS; BRANCHING CHANNELS; LONG WATER WAVES; OPEN CHANNELS;

WATER WAVES;

CHANNEL FLOW; WATER WAVE;

EID: 25444457243     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2005)131:8(859)     Document Type: Article

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