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Waves on Water of Variable Depth

Proceedings of a Symposium Held under the Auspices of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) and the Australian Academy of Science at the Academy in Canberra, 20.-23. July 1976

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  • © 1977

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Editors:
  1. D. G. Provis
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  2. R. Radok
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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 64)

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Table of contents (32 papers)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Summary

    Pages 7-8

  3. Some classical water-wave problems in varying depth

    • E. O. Tuck
    Pages 9-20

  4. Linear transport methods for long surface waves in canals, bays and oceans

    • R. W. Preisendorfer
    Pages 21-27

  5. Diffraction of gravity waves by ray methods

    • P. L. Christiansen
    Pages 28-38

  6. Experimental studies of wave refraction

    • D. G. Provis
    Pages 39-45

  7. Summary

    Pages 47-48

  8. Survey of theoretical research into tsunamis and observations of actual tsunamis in Japan

    • Yutaka Nagata
    Pages 49-62

  9. Numerical simulation of tsunami generation and propagation in the ocean with a real bathymetry

    • A. S. Alexeev, V. K. Gusyakov
    Pages 63-71

  10. Local behaviour of tsunamis

    • Kinjiro Kajiura
    Pages 72-79

  11. Cylindrical solitary waves

    • Allen T. Chwang, Theodore Y. Wu
    Pages 80-90

  12. Summary

    Pages 91-93

  13. Shoaling waves : Numerical solution of exact equations

    • J. D. Fenton, D. A. Mills
    Pages 94-101

  14. Wave-wave interactions near the shore

    • A. J. Bowen
    Pages 102-113

  15. Surf and run-up

    • S. Hibberd, D. H. Peregrine
    Pages 114-120

  16. Laboratory study of a stationary oblique plunging breaker for surfboard testing

    • Hans Hornung, Peter Killen
    Pages 121-128

  17. On breaking waves

    • M.S. Longuet-Higgins
    Pages 129-130

  18. Summary

    Pages 131-132

  19. The dynamics of waves on currents over a weakly varying bed

    • Ivar G. Jonsson
    Pages 133-144

  20. Finite-amplitude waves on non-uniform currents

    • D. H. Peregrine, G. P. Thomas
    Pages 145-153
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  • Book Title: Waves on Water of Variable Depth

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of a Symposium Held under the Auspices of the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM) and the Australian Academy of Science at the Academy in Canberra, 20.-23. July 1976

  • Editors: D. G. Provis, R. Radok

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-08253-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1977

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-37349-0Published: 05 August 2005

  • Series ISSN: 0075-8450

  • Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Topics: Physics, general

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