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Dec 31, 2015
Transient Propagation of Waves in a Flume
Publication: Coastal Engineering 1992
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A recently developed numerical method is applied to the study of transient, nonlinear wave propagation in a flume. The nonlinear free surface boundary conditions and the wave generator boundary condition are expanded about the corresponding equilibrium positions by perturbation expansions. The boundary conditions are then satisfied to second order by a numerical integration in time, and the field solution at each time step is obtained by an integral equation method based on Green’s theorem. The propagation characteristics of regular, bichromatic and irregular waves are studied numerically, and the significance of nonlinear effects is highlighted.
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Coastal Engineering 1992
Pages: 142 - 155
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© 1993 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Dec 31, 2015
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Channels (waterway)
- Coastal engineering
- Coastal processes
- Coasts, oceans, ports, and waterways engineering
- Continuum mechanics
- Dynamics (solid mechanics)
- Engineering mechanics
- Fluid mechanics
- Flumes
- Hydraulic engineering
- Hydraulic structures
- Hydrologic engineering
- Ocean currents
- Ocean waves
- Solid mechanics
- Transient response
- Water and water resources
- Water waves
- Waterways
- Wave propagation
- Waves (fluid mechanics)
- Waves (mechanics)
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Kwok Fai Cheung
Design Engineer, Ports and Marine Department, Sandwell Inc., 1190 Hornby Street, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6Z 2H6.
Michael Isaacson, M.ASCE
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z4.
Etienne Mansard
Senior Research Officer, Hydraulics Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada K1A 0R8.
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