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Offers an integrated account of the mathematical hypothesis of wave motion in liquids with a free surface, subjected to gravitational and other forces.

Table of Contents
Basic Hydrodynamics.

The Two Basic Approximate Theories.

WAVES SIMPLE HARMONIC IN THE TIME.

Simple Harmonic Oscillations in Water of Constant Depth.

Waves Maintained by Simple Harmonic Surface Pressure in Water ofUniform Depth: Forced Oscillations.

Waves on Sloping Beaches and Past Obstacles.

MOTIONS STARTING FROM REST: TRANSIENTS.

Unsteady Motions.

WAVES ON A RUNNING STREAM: SHIP WAVES.

Two-Dimensional Waves on a Running Stream in Water of UniformDepth.

Waves Caused by a Moving Pressure Point: Kelvin's Theory of theWave Pattern Created by a Moving Ship.

The Motion of a Ship, as a Floating Rigid Body, in a Seaway.

Long Waves in Shallow Water.

Mathematical Hydraulics.

Problems in Which Free Surface Conditions Are Satisfied Exactly:The Breaking of a Dam;
Levi-Civita's Theory.

Bibliography.

Indexes.

Water Waves

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      Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
      Published 4/22/1992 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780471570349
      978-0471570349
      ISBN-10 0471570346

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers an integrated account of the mathematical hypothesis of wave motion in liquids with a free surface, subjected to gravitational and other forces.

      Table of Contents
      Basic Hydrodynamics.

      The Two Basic Approximate Theories.

      WAVES SIMPLE HARMONIC IN THE TIME.

      Simple Harmonic Oscillations in Water of Constant Depth.

      Waves Maintained by Simple Harmonic Surface Pressure in Water ofUniform Depth: Forced Oscillations.

      Waves on Sloping Beaches and Past Obstacles.

      MOTIONS STARTING FROM REST: TRANSIENTS.

      Unsteady Motions.

      WAVES ON A RUNNING STREAM: SHIP WAVES.

      Two-Dimensional Waves on a Running Stream in Water of UniformDepth.

      Waves Caused by a Moving Pressure Point: Kelvin's Theory of theWave Pattern Created by a Moving Ship.

      The Motion of a Ship, as a Floating Rigid Body, in a Seaway.

      Long Waves in Shallow Water.

      Mathematical Hydraulics.

      Problems in Which Free Surface Conditions Are Satisfied Exactly:The Breaking of a Dam;
      Levi-Civita's Theory.

      Bibliography.

      Indexes.

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