The near-shore behaviour of shallow-water waves with localized initial conditions

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 591, Issue , 2007, Pages 413-436

  Pritchard, David ^a   Dickinson, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; WATER WAVES;

GAUSSIAN WAVEFORMS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INITIAL VELOCITIES; MAXIMUM VELOCITY; MOVING SHORELINES; NON-LINEAR SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; SERIES EXPANSION; SHALLOW WATER WAVES;

WATER LEVELS;

GAUSSIAN METHOD; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SHALLOW WATER; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; SHORELINE; WATER WAVE; WAVE RUNUP; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 44149119330     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211200700835X     Document Type: Article

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