Synopses & Reviews
This volume presents the proceedings of an international conference held on 24-25 March, 1993 in London under the auspices of the Society for Underwater Technology. Contributions have been selected from three major areas of development: the measurement and prediction of the kinematics of waves and of combined waves and currents; the derivation of environmental forces on structures whether offshore or coastal; and problems peculiar to shallow or coastal waters, with particular emphasis on breaking waves. This book is of value to engineers and scientists interested in the latest advances in research and development in the determination of environmental forces on offshore and coastal structures.
Table of Contents
Session One: Wave Kinematics. 1. Technical Update and Field Data from the New Generation Microwave Directional Wave Radar;
S.J. Archer. 2. Wave Kinematics, Measurement, Modelling and Application;
J.S. Buchan. 3. Nonlinear Wave Current Interactions;
I. Cummins, C. Swan. 4. Effects of a Shear Current on Wind Induced Waves;
A.K. Magnusson. 5. Uncertainties in Prediction of Wave Kinematics in Irregular Waves; O
.T. Gudmestad, S. Haver. 6. Wave Kinematics on Sheared Currents;
D.J. Skyner, W.J. Easson. 7. Laboratory Wave Generation Correct to Second Order;
H.A. Schäffer. Session Two: Fluid Loading. 8. Comparison of Loads Predicted by a New Wave Theory with Measurements on the Tern Structure;
J. Rozario, P.S. Tromans, M. Efthymiou, P.H. Taylor. 9. Wave Loading Model Tests on a Gravity Base Structure;
J.J. Murray, L.M. Mak. 10. Added Hydrodynamic Loading Due to Sacrificial Anodes;
M.J. Downie, B.A. Murray, P. Bettes. 11. The Vortex Induced Vibration of Marine Risers in Sheared and Critical Flows;
G. Jones, W.S. Lamb. 12. Suppression of Vortex Shedding from Satellite Risers in a Current;
M.M. Zdravkovich, J.l. Baldaro. Session Three: Coastal Conditions. 13. Review of Wave Breaking in Shallow Water;
H.N. Southgate, H.R. Wallingford. 14. Three-Dimensional Breaking Wave Kinematics;
K. She, C.A. Greated, W.J. Easson. 15. Environmental Forces at the Coastline and Implications for Coastal Defence;
N.W. Beech, J.L. Andrews. 16. Full Field Study of Post Breaking Vorticity;
S. Lloyd, C.A. Greated, W.J. Easson. 17. Multigrid Model of Wave-Current Interaction;
Bin Li. 18. Variation in Beach Profiles in Hell's Mouth Bay, Llyn Peninsula for the Period 1979-1981;
J. Darbyshire.