A study of ocean wave statistical properties using nonlinear, directional, phase-resolved ocean wave-field simulations

Autor: Henry, Legena Albertha
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
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Druh dokumentu: Diplomová práce
Popis: Thesis (S.M.)--Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), February 2010.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-334).
In the present work, we study the statistics of wavefields obtained from non-linear phase-resolved simulations. The numerical model used to generate the waves models wave-wave interactions based on the fully non-linear Zakharov equations. We vary the simulated wavefield's input spectral properties: directional spreading function, Phillips parameter and peak shape parameter. We then investigate the relationships between a wavefield's input spectral properties and its output physical properties via statistical analysis. We investigate surface elevation distribution, wave definition methods in a nonlinear wavefield with a two-dimensional wavenumber, defined waves' distributions, and the occurrence and spacing of large wave events.
by Legena Albertha Henry.
S.M.
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