Svendsen , Ib A

Introduction to Nearshore Hydrodynamics / Ib A. Svendsen - Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific , 2006 - xxi, 722 pages : Illustrations ; 23 cm. - Advanced series on ocean engineering ; v. 24 .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Introduction -- Hydrodynamic background -- Linear waves -- Energy blanace in the nearshore region -- Properties of breaking waves -- Wave models based on linear wave theory -- Nonlinear waves: analysis of parameters -- Stokes wave theory -- Long wave theory -- Boundary layers -- Nearshore circulation -- Cross-shore circulation and undertow -- Quasi-3D nearshore circulation models -- Other newarshore flow phenomena

9812561420 9812562044 (pbk.)

2006281715


Water waves
Coasts
Hydrodynamics

TC172 / S84 2006

627/.042