Download or read book A Numerical Study of the Tsunami Response of the Hawaiian Islands written by Eddie N. Bernard and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The response of linearized long waves to the eight major Hawaiian Islands is investigated numerically using a mathematical model of the island system. A spline interpolation scheme is utilized to convert the actual soundings of the island bathymetry to a 5.5 km square grid closely approximating the topography of the islands. A time-marching, central difference, explicit scheme is used to evaluate the wave field by the linear, long wave, Eulerian equations of motion and continuity in Cartesian coordinates for a frictionless, homogeneous fluid. The condition of no normal flow is employed at the island shorelines and a localized interpolation technique is utilized at the outer boundary to simulate a free-flow boundary. Verification of the numerical procedure is accomplished by agreement with analytic solutions of steady-state problems involving wave interaction with geometric islands in both constant and variable depth cases. Island response is determined by using a generalized time sequence input with a stipulated spectrum in the tsunami frequency range. This input is time stepped through the model for a duration sufficient to establish a statistical equilibrium within the system. The shoreline hydrographs, which record the time history of water elevation around the islands, are Fourier analyzed to obtain spectra for each shoreline point. These spectra are divided by the input spectrum to obtain transfer functions which represent the relative response of the system to waves in the tsunami period range. Verification of the response analysis is judged in terms of the agreement with the analytic response of a variable depth geometric island to a set of tsunami period waves. A technique for determining the period cutoff of a particular model system is demonstrated by comparison of responses of the same model using coarse and fine grids. The response analysis methods are applied to the model of the Hawaiian Islands for the case of a tsunami originating in the Alaskan region. Transfer functions are shown in averaged and contoured form for the island system and each individual island. The model study reveals that the numerical technique is appropriate for the response study of the Hawaiian Islands, that there are at least nine characteristic periods in the tsunami range to which the islands respond, and that interinsular reflections generate areas of high energy concentrations.
Download or read book Linearized Long Wave Numerical Model of the Hawaiian Islands written by Eddie N. Bernard and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tsunamis written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Forcing Long Surface Waves Through Two port Basins written by D. J. Frank and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oceanography of the Tropical Pacific written by Unni Havem Rowell and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Atmospheric Technology written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tsunami wave Elevation Frequency of Occurrence for the Hawaiian Islands written by James Robert Houston and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Contributions in Oceanography written by Texas A & M University. College of Geosciences and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hydraulic Research in the United States and Canada written by United States. National Bureau of Standards and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hydraulic Research in the United States and Canada 1972 written by Gershon Kulin and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book NBS Special Publication written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Comprehensive Dissertation Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Updated Wave Response of Proposed Improvements to the Small Boat Harbor at Maalaea Maui Hawaii written by Lori L. Hadley and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the request of the U.S. Army Engineer Division, Pacific Ocean (POD), a numerical model wave response study of proposed improvements to Maalaea smali boat harbor was conducted by the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station's (USAEWES) Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL). The study was conducted as a revision and extension of previous studies (Lillycrop et al. 1993, Thompson and Hadley 1 994b) to assess the wave response of various alternative modification plans for the harbor. This report - is focused on the determination of an optimal design plan which would provide the harbor with adequate protection from the incident wave climate. Information provided in earlier reports is referenced in this report, but generally not repeated.
Download or read book Hydraulic Research in the United States and Canada 1976 written by Pauline H. Gurewitz and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wave Response of Kahului Harbor Maui Hawaii written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Water Resources Bibliography of Hawai i written by Faith N. Fujimura and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technical report on the compilation of bibliographic materials pertaining to water resources research in Hawai'i.
