Water Waves: The Mathematical Theory with Applications

ISBN: 978-0-471-57034-9

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600 pages

April 1992

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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.