Abstract
It is shown how to get rid of iterative process to compute wavelengths and haw the celerities and their derivatives can be computed in terms of wavelengths for any depth, without using hyperbolic functions.
ARTIGOS
Short-cuts on wave refraction computation
Alberto dos Santos Franco
IPT - Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas do Estado de São Paulo S/A
SYNOPSIS
It is shown how to get rid of iterative process to compute wavelengths and haw the celerities and their derivatives can be computed in terms of wavelengths for any depth, without using hyperbolic functions.
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Acknowledgements
I am very much indebted to Mr. Waldemar Tavares Jr. for introducing the proposed modifications in the original program and testing the results and to Mr. José Maria Segovia Puyol for helping in the algebraic manipulations.
(Manuscript received on 04/Mar./1982; accepted on 28/Sep./1982)
- ELIAS, N. T. P. 1971 Sobre o cálculo do comprimento de onda na teoria linear. Simpósio sobre dados de agitação marítima. Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil - LNEC/Lisboa.
- WILSON, W. S. 1966. A method for calculating and plotting surface wave-rays. Tech. Memo. coast. Engng Res. Cent. U.S., (17):1-57.
Publication Dates
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Publication in this collection
04 June 2012 -
Date of issue
1982
History
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Accepted
28 Sept 1982 -
Received
04 Mar 1982
