Journal
JOURNAL OF WATERWAY PORT COASTAL AND OCEAN ENGINEERING-ASCE
Volume 129, Issue 2, Pages 93-95Publisher
ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(2003)129:2(93)
Keywords
wind waves; wave height; prediction
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
A procedure for predicting the significant height and period of wind waves generated in a uniform fetch in deep water is presented in the closed-form expressions based on Wilson's formulas, together with relevant design diagrams. Although Wilson's formulas are relatively unknown in the United States, they are quite reliable. The relationship between the nondimensional minimum duration and the nondimensional fetch length is empirically expressed in a power law, which enables the analyst to judge whether the wave growth is limited by the wind duration or the fetch length. The correlation between the significant wave height and period also indicates the period approximately proportional to the 2/3 power of the wave height.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available