Amplitude decay and energy dissipation due to the interaction of internal solitary waves with a triangular obstacle in a two-layer fluid system: The blockage parameter

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 499-512

  Chen, Cheng Yuan ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUNG TA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND COMMERCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blockage parameter; Classification scheme; Internal solitary waves; Wave breaking; Wave obstacle interaction

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM FRICTION; CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; DISPERSIVE WAVES; ENERGY BUDGETS; INPUT PARAMETER; INTERNAL SOLITARY WAVES; LINEAR RELATION; PHYSICAL FACTORS; REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS; STRATIFIED FLUID; TRANSMITTED WAVES; TWO LAYERS; TWO-LAYER FLUID SYSTEMS; WAVE CHARACTERISTICS; WAVE FLUMES; WAVE REFLECTIONS; WAVEBREAKING;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; REFLECTION;

WAVES;

EID: 76349100068     PISSN: 09484280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00773-009-0060-7     Document Type: Article

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