Nonlinear refraction-diffraction of waves in shallow water
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چکیده
The parabolic approximation is developed to study the combined refraction/diffraction of weakly nonlinear shallow-water waves. Two methods of approach are used. In the first method Boussinesq equations are used to derive evolution equations for spectral-wave components in a slowly varying two-dimensional domain. The second method modifies the K-P equation (Kadomtsev & Petviashvili 1970) to include varying depth in two dimensions. Comparisons are made between present numerical results, experimental data (Whalin 197 1) and previous numerical calculations (Madsen & Warren 1984).
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