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| Title: | NON-GAUSSIAN PROPERTIES OF SURFACE ELEVATION IN CROSSING SEA STATES IN SHALLOW WATER | |
| DOI No: | 10.1142/9789812709554_0067 | |
| Source: | COASTAL ENGINEERING 2006 (pp 782-790) | |
| Author(s): | A. Toffoli
Hydraulics Laboratory, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 40, Heverlee, 3001, Belgium M. Onorato Dip. Fisica Generale, Universitá di Torino, Via P. Giuria 1, Torino, 10125, Italy A.R. Osborne Dip. Fisica Generale, Universitá di Torino, Via P. Giuria 1, Torino, 10125, Italy J. Monbaliu Hydraulics Laboratory, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 40, Heverlee, 3001, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | The Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation, an extension of the Korteweg-de Vries equation in two horizontal dimensions, is used to study the statistical properties of shallow water waves in crossing sea states. Numerical simulations indicate that the interaction of two non-collinear wave trains generates steep and high amplitude peaks, thus enhancing the deviation of the surface elevation from the Gaussian statistics. | |
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