Ocean Waves and Oscillating Systems: Linear Interactions Including Wave-Energy Extraction

This2002bookexaminestheinteractionbetweenoceanwavesandoscillatingsystems.Withafocusonlinearanalysisoflow-amplitudewaves,thetextisdesignedtoconveyathoroughunderstandingofwaveinteractions.Topicscoveredincludethebackgroundmathematicsofoscillations,gravitywavesonwater,thedynamicsofwave-bodyinteractions,andtheabsorptionofwaveenergybyoscillatingbodies.Linearalgebra,complexnumbers,differentialequations,andFouriertransformationareutilizedasbasesfortheanalysis,andeachchapterendswithproblems.Whilethebook'sfocusisonlineartheory,thepracticalapplicationofenergystorageandtransportisinterwoventhroughout.Thisbookwillbeappropriateforthosewithbackgroundsinelementaryfluiddynamicsorhydrodynamicsandmathematicalanalysis.Graduatestudentsandresearcherswillfinditanexcellentsourceofwaveenergytheoryandapplication.