Distributions of Wave Heights in Time Domain in Stationary Sea States
Publication: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 139, Issue 3
Abstract
About 6,300,000 pressure head waves beneath the sea surface were recorded by an array of 26 transducers aligned orthogonally to the coastline of Reggio Calabria, Italy. The data set covered spectra from very narrow unimodal to very broad multimodal and waves from shallow to deep waters. Herein, the quasi-determinism (QD) theory is proven to be very effective in predicting the probability of large-wave heights as well as the period and particle acceleration of these waves both on deep and shallow waters. In addition, the Tayfun model for predicting the probability of large-wave heights is also proven to be highly effective.
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Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 139 • Issue 3 • May 2013
Pages: 147 - 156
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© 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Jul 30, 2011
Accepted: May 14, 2012
Published online: May 17, 2012
Published in print: May 1, 2013
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