Wave Modelling - The State of the Art

Abstract

This paper is the product of the wave modelling community and it tries to make a picture of the present situation in this branch of science, exploring the previous and the most recent results and looking ahead towards the solution of the problems we presently face. Both theory and applications are considered. The many faces of the subject imply separate discussions. This is reflected into the single sections, seven of them, each dealing with a specific topic, the whole providing a broad and solid overview of the present state of the art. After an introduction framing the problem and the approach we followed, we deal in sequence with the following subjects: (Section) 2, generation by wind; 3, nonlinear interactions in deep water; 4, white-capping dissipation; 5, nonlinear interactions in shallow water; 6, dissipation at the sea bottom; 7, wave propagation; 8, numerics. The two final sections, 9 and 10, summarize the present situation from a general point of view and try to look at the future developments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 27, 2007
Accession Number
ADA482171

Entities

People

  • A. Babanin
  • Erick Rogers
  • Fabrice Ardhuin
  • Hendrik L. Tolman
  • Igor V. Lavrenov
  • J-h. G. Alves
  • K. Belibassakis
  • L. Cavaleri
  • Mathieu Benoit
  • Michael Banner

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Doppler Effect
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Meteorology
  • Ocean Currents
  • Ocean Waves
  • Oceanography
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Standing Waves
  • Topography
  • Wave Propagation

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.