Proceedings of the Conference on Water Waves: Theory and Experiment, Howard University, USA, 13-18 May 2008

The objective of this book is to introduce new researchers to the rich dynamical system of water waves, and to show how (some) abstract mathematical concepts can be applied fruitfully in a practical physical problem and to make the connection between theory and experiment.

It provides a coherent set of lectures on the current status of water wave theory, including identification of some open problems.Sample Chapter(s)Chapter 1: Gravity Induced Dispersion for Nearly Flat Vortex Sheets (816 KB)Contents: Gravity Induced Dispersion for Nearly Flat Vortex Sheets (D Spirn & J D Wright)An Experimental Study of Low Frequency Waves Generated by Random Gravity Waves in Shoaling Water (X Liu et al.)Statistical Theories and Direct Numerical Simulations (N Whitaker)Wave Modulated Turbulent Fields at the Ocean Surface and Related Air-Sea Fluxes (F Veron et al.)Approximate Periodic Solutions for the Rapidly Rotating Shallow-Water and Related Equations (B Cheng & E Tadmor)Practical Wind Wave Modeling (H L Tolman)Nonexistence of Continuous Solutions for a Semilinear Wave Equations with Smooth Data (A Castro)Exact Theory of Existence and Stability for Two- and Three-Dimensional Solitary Waves (S-M Sun)Tsunami Propagation, Directivity, and Pulse Persistence from a Finite Source (G F Carrier & H Yeh)Computing the Lagrangian Coherent Structures of a Kinematic Meandering Jet (A A El Moghraby)Mathematical Methods for Coupled Nonlinear PDE's (S Brooks & M F Mahmood)Oblique Interaction of Solitary Waves (M Chen)A Simply Proof of a Priori Estimates for Water Waves (D Coutand & S Shkoller)Demonstration Experiments in the NSF-CBMS Regional Conference on Water Waves (D Henderson et al.)Readership: Graduate students, academics and researchers in ocean/coastal engineering, environmental engineering, climatology/meteorology, oceanography and environmental/atmospheric chemistry.