Abstract
For water waves the transcendental dispersion relationship is solved by iterative methods when wave period and water depth are given and wavelength or wave number is required. A highly accurate explicit approximation to linear dispersion relationship is proposed based on Eckart's explicit relationship. While Eckart's expression is accurate to within 5%, the improved relationship has a maximum relative error of less than 0.05%. A simpler form of the relationship with 0.2% accuracy is also given.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 11-12 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Coastal Engineering |
| Volume | 73 |
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| Publication status | Published - Mar 2013 |
Keywords
- Accurate empirical water wave dispersion formula
- Water wave dispersion relationship