Abstract: This paper presents a stochastic approach to model input uncertainty with a general statistical distribution and its propagation through the nonlinear long-wave equations. A Godunov-type scheme mimics breaking waves as ...

Abstract: The changes in flow field around an ice mass drifting in a current near a large offshore structure are investigated using potential theory. A formulation in two dimensions is adopted here to allow relatively accurate results ...

Abstract: A numerical method for calculating the transient, second‐order interaction of ocean waves with large fixed offshore structures of arbitrary shape is described. The development of the flow together with the associated fluid ...

Abstract: A time‐domain second‐order method is developed to study nonlinear wave diffraction around a surface‐piercing body of arbitrary shape in three dimensions. The free‐surface boundary conditions and the radiation condition are ...

Abstract: Results of a numerical study to investigate wave-induced boundary layer flows are reported. In this study, the writers consider a coupled viscous-inviscid approach, in which the fully nonlinear free surface boundary ...

Abstract: This paper provides quantitative comparisons and relationships for the fall velocities and drag coefficients of 998 calcareous sand grains collected on Oahu, Hawaii. Laboratory analyses of the grains provide the three ...

Abstract: This paper examines the initiation of motion of four natural and five sieved calcareous sand samples in unidirectional flow. Flume experiments yield the sediment transport rate as a function of bed shear stress up to ...

Abstract: This paper describes a time-domain model for the nonlinear response of fluid-filled membranes in gravity waves. A formulation based on the principle of virtual work provides an integral governing equation for membrane ...

Abstract: This paper describes the mathematical formulation, the numerical solution, and the validation of a linear refraction-diffraction model for steep bathymetry. The model involves two coupled governing equations derived from, ...

Abstract: A linear, 2D numerical model is developed to investigate the hydrodynamic characteristics of a bottom-mounted fluid-filled membrane in normally incident waves. The static shape of the membrane, which is noncircular when ...