Wave Asymptotics
Published on 29. May 1992
Book
Hardback
260 pages
978-0-521-41414-2 (ISBN)
Description
The occasion of Professor Fritz Ursell's retirement was marked by a two-day meeting consisting of invited talks by some of the most distinguished researchers in the various topics of fluid mechanics and asymptotics studied by Professor Ursell throughout his long and distinguished career. The papers collected here therefore outline the development of these topics from asymptotic methods in anisotropic wave systems, surface wave theory, biological models and differential equations, through to slender body theory, water wave theory and propeller-generated wakes. These edited papers will be valuable reading for all those interested in water waves and asymptotic techniques.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
532 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-41414-2 (9780521414142)
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Content
1. Asymptotic behaviour of anisotropic wave systems stimulated by oscillating sources James Lighthill; 2. Uniform asymptotics of oscillating integrals J. N. L. Connor; 3. Approximations and asymptotics for differential equations R. E. Meyer; 4. Converging factors F. W. J. Oliver; 5. Matched asymptotic methods in surface wave theory F. G. Leppington; 6. Asymptotics in some biological models V. C. L. Hutson; 7. The approximation of free-surface Green functions J. N. Newman; 8. On far-field approximations for the wave pattern around a ship at constant speed K. Eggers; 9. An analytical theory of propellor-generated effective wake J. P. Breslin; 10. Analytic aspects of slender body theory E. O. Tuck; 11. Vertical barriers, sloping beaches and submerged bodies D. V. Evans; 12. Some unsolved problems in water wave theory F. J. Ursell.