Wave scattering by ice floes and polynyas of arbitrary shape

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 662, Issue , 2010, Pages 5-35

  Bennetts, L G ^a   Williams, T D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

sea ice; wave scattering

Indexed keywords

HYDROELASTICITY; INTEGRODIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; WATER WAVES;

FAR-FIELD SCATTERING; FULL THREE-DIMENSIONAL; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HYDROELASTIC SYSTEMS; THIN ELASTIC PLATES; VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLES; WATER WAVE SCATTERING; WAVE SCATTERING;

SEA ICE;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FREE SURFACE FLOW; GALERKIN METHOD; GREEN FUNCTION; LINEARITY; MATRIX; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYNYA; SEA ICE; SHAPE; WATER WAVE; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 78649970888     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010004039     Document Type: Article

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