INVESTIGATION OF LONG WAVES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE COASTAL AND HARBOR ENVIRONMENT OF THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY. VOLUME I.

Abstract

The effect of tsunami-type gravity waves, caused by huge underwater disturbance, on the shoreline environment is described. The cases of three different power disturbances off the United States Atlantic Coast and their effects in the lower Chesapeake Bay are analyzed. Because of the natural protective action of the continental shelf, a maximum possible amount of damage is reached for a given power. If a disturbance is due to a larger power, the difference of energy is dissipated over the continental shelf by spilling breakers. The flooding areas, dynamic destruction and harbor resonance due to this optimum power disturbance are calculated and/or evaluated. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0336443

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coastal Engineering
  • Computers
  • Deep Water
  • Engineering
  • Floods
  • Mass Transportation
  • Mathematical Models
  • Military Research
  • Navy
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Solitons
  • Transportation
  • Two Dimensional
  • United States
  • Water
  • Water Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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