Storm Surge Simulation in Transformed Coordinates. Volume I. Theory and Application.

Abstract

This report is published to provide coastal engineers with the results of a study to develop an operational program for numerical simulation of storm surges on a given segment of the Continental Shelf, using a curvilinear coordinate system. The report consists of two volumes. This Volume discusses the theory and application of the transformation procedure for generating the curvilinear shelf coordinate system for particular regions, and the theory, numerical algorithm, and application of the storm surge program for simulation of Hurricanes Carla (1961), Camille (1969), and Gracie (1959). Volume II presents the program documentation and the coded programs for carrying out the coordinate transformation (CONFORM), for establishing the spatial lattice (GRID), and for carrying out the storm surge calculations on the shelf (SSURGE). The work was carried out under the wave mechanics program of the U.S. Army Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA034763

Entities

People

  • Andrew C. Vastano
  • John J. Wanstrath
  • Robert E. Whitaker
  • Robert O. Reid

Organizations

  • Texas A&M University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barometric Pressure
  • Civil Engineering
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Computations
  • Conformal Mapping
  • Continental Shelves
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Engineers
  • Equations
  • Floods
  • Hurricanes
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Sea Level
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Simulations
  • Storm Surges
  • United States

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Computer Science.