CNOIDAL WAVE THEORY APPLIED TO RADIATION STRESS PHENOMENA.

Abstract

A simplified hyperbolic approximation to cnoidal wave theory is applied to generate the radiation stress tensor and used in the equations of motion to obtain solutions for changes in the mean water level outside and inside the surf zone. Comparison between linear theory, cnoidal theory and laboratory results are made. A limiting case and an optimum case for cnoidal theory are discussed in the comparison. Cnoidal theory is shown to give better predictions than linear theory to the data considered. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0710715

Entities

People

  • George Meredith Musick Iii

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Mathematics
  • Radiation

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)