Affiliation:
1. Ocean Engineering Laboratory, University of California, Goleta, CA 92117
Abstract
A few future directions and challenges in wave research are briefly discussed including Numerical Experiments as in the treatment of splashing waves, and topics in the Mechanics of Ocean Waves, especially in their nonlinear, nonconservative reality. Breaking waves are featured.
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Ocean Engineering
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