ON THE EQUATIONS OF SURF,

Abstract

The two-dimensional motion of water on a beach of small slope, and rather close to shore, is shown to be governed to the first approximation by the non-linear shallow-water equations, if vorticity and viscous effects be neglected. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0413543

Entities

People

  • A.d. Taylor
  • R.e. Meyer

Organizations

  • Brown University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Equations
  • Lepidoptera
  • Mathematics
  • Shallow Water
  • Two Dimensional
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics
  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.