Interaction of Waves and Currents.

Abstract

This report presents an overview of wave-current interacion, including comprehensive review of references to significant U.S. and foreign literature available through December 1981. Specific topics under review are the effects of horizontally and vertically varying currents on waves, wave refraction by currents, dissipation and turbulence, small- and medium-scale currents, caustics and focusing, and wave breaking. The results of the review are then examined for engineering applications. The most appropriate general-purpose computer program to include wave-current interaction is the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat program CREDIZ, which is based on a parabolic wave equation. Further applications include wave and current forces on structures and possibly sediment transport. The report concludes with a brief state-of-the-art review of wave-current interaction and a list of topics needing further research and development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA128551

Entities

People

  • D. Howell Peregrine
  • Ivar G. Jonsson

Organizations

  • University of Bristol

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Civil Engineering
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Differential Equations
  • Doppler Effect
  • Engineers
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Geography
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Remote Sensing
  • Standing Waves
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Wave Power

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Systems Analysis and Design