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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      October 2009
      March 1998
      ISBN:
      9780511529559
      9780521563789
      9780521017671
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511529559
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.67kg, 332 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.49kg, 332 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Earth and Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Thermal-Fluids Engineering, Oceanography and Marine Science
      Series:
      Cambridge Ocean Technology Series (6)
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    Subjects:
    Earth and Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Thermal-Fluids Engineering, Oceanography and Marine Science
    Series:
    Cambridge Ocean Technology Series (6)
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    This book describes the stochastic method for ocean wave analysis. This method provides a route to predicting the characteristics of random ocean waves - information vital for the design and safe operation of ships and ocean structures. Assuming a basic knowledge of probability theory, the book begins with a chapter describing the essential elements of wind-generated random seas from the stochastic point of view. The following three chapters introduce spectral analysis techniques, probabilistic predictions of wave amplitudes, wave height and periodicity. A further four chapters discuss sea severity, extreme sea state, the directional wave energy spreading in random seas and special wave events such as wave breaking and group phenomena. Finally the stochastic properties of non-Gaussian waves are presented. Useful appendices and an extensive reference list are included. Examples of practical applications of the theories presented can be found throughout the text. This book will be suitable as a text for graduate students of naval, ocean and coastal engineering. It will also serve as a useful reference for research scientists and engineers working in this field.

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    ‘The book gives a good introduction to stochastic and probabilistic analysis of random ocean waves and contains examples of practical applications to the design and safe operation of ships and ocean structures.’

    L. Debnath Source: Zentralblatt MATH

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