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Water waves : relating modern theory to advanced engineering applications

Title
Water waves : relating modern theory to advanced engineering applications / Matiur Rahman.
Author
Rahman, M. (Matiur), 1940-
Publication
Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.

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Description
xii, 343 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
  • IMA monograph series ; 3
  • Oxford science publications
Uniform Title
  • IMA monograph series ; 3.
  • Oxford science publications
Subject
  • Wave-motion, Theory of
  • Water waves
  • Mouvement ondulatoire, Théorie du
  • Vagues
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
Pt. I. Basic fluid mechanics and solution techniques -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Fundamental equations of motion of fluids -- 3. Solution techniques of partial differential equations -- Pt. II. Water waves -- 4. Theory of surface waves -- 5. Finite-amplitude waves -- 6. One-dimensional tidal dynamics -- 7. Wave statistics and spectral method -- Pt. III. Advanced water waves -- 8. Wave forces on offshore structures -- 9. Nonlinear long waves in shallow water -- 10. Inverse scattering transforms and the theory of solitons.
ISBN
  • 0198534787
  • 9780198534785
LCCN
94019734
OCLC
  • ocm30671200
  • 30671200
  • SCSB-9204261
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library