AMPDEF wave heights and amplitude definitions and nomenclature Definition of wave amplitude and wave heights: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <----- Direction of wave propagation ...............c_.......... | /| \ | Hd | _/ | \ | Hu M | / | \ | / \ | M / Ac | \_ | c_ F \ | / \m/ | \ | / \ ------d----|---u------------------d---|---u----d------ level v \ | /| \ | / \L \_ | / | At \_|_/ \|/..| t t Ac = crest amplitude At = trough amplitude Hd = wave height as defined for down crossing waves Hu = wave height as defined for up crossing waves See also wavedef, ampdef, crossdef, tpdef
wave heights and amplitude definitions and nomenclature |
wave heights and amplitude definitions and nomenclature |
001 % AMPDEF wave heights and amplitude definitions and nomenclature 002 % 003 % Definition of wave amplitude and wave heights: 004 %~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 005 % 006 % <----- Direction of wave propagation 007 % 008 % 009 % ...............c_.......... 010 % | /| \ | 011 % Hd | _/ | \ | Hu 012 % M | / | \ | 013 % / \ | M / Ac | \_ | c_ 014 % F \ | / \m/ | \ | / \ 015 %------d----|---u------------------d---|---u----d------ level v 016 % \ | /| \ | / \L 017 % \_ | / | At \_|_/ 018 % \|/..| t 019 % t 020 % 021 % Ac = crest amplitude 022 % At = trough amplitude 023 % Hd = wave height as defined for down crossing waves 024 % Hu = wave height as defined for up crossing waves 025 % 026 % See also wavedef, ampdef, crossdef, tpdef 027 028 % history: 029 % revised pab 21.01.2000 030 % - changed from: Wave propagating direction 031 % to: Direction of wave propagation 032 % revised pab 12.12.1999 033 % added help ampdef 034 % by Per A. Brodtkorb 19.09.1999 035 % 036 037 more on 038 help ampdef 039 more off 040
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