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The mild-slope equations: a unified theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2020

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D. Porter*
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Reading, P. O. Box 220, Whiteknights,ReadingRG6 7AX, UK
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Abstract

The mild-slope equations, devised to approximate surface wave propagation over water of slowly varying depth, have hitherto been based on either the velocity potential formulation or the streamfunction formulation. By using a more general version of the governing equations, a single framework is developed that relates the existing mild-slope equations and provides new examples and derivations.

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Waves/Free-surface Flows: Waves/Free-surface Flows
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JFM Papers
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 887 , 25 March 2020 , A29
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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