A new probability density function for the surface elevation in irregular seas

DOI10.1017/JFM.2023.669MaRDI QIDQ6096855zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors David R. Fuhrman, Mathias Klahn

Publication date 15 September 2023

Published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2023.669

zbMATH Keywords

Airy functioncoastal engineeringcomplex variables methodcumulant generating functionGram-Charlier series solutionmoment generating functionsurface gravity wave

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Stochastic analysis applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M35) Complex variables methods applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M40) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05)

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