Ray Method for Surface Waves on Fluid of Variable Depth.

Abstract

The paper reports some recent developments in ray method for surface waves on fluid of variable depth. The linear ray method, which fails at a shoreline and a caustic, is improved by means of uniform asymptotic expansions. In the nonlinear ray method, an equation of the Korteweg-DeVries type is derived along a ray for fluid domains slowly varying in the directions and one direction. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0780646

Entities

People

  • Meichang Shen

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asymptotic Series
  • Equations
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Surface Waves
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Systems Analysis and Design