BARNETT & MACMURRAY
LTD
Solitary
Wave
See Ippen “Estuary and Coastline Hydrodynamics” p.122
η = wave
height
H = peak height at x=Ct
h = normal water depth
C = wave speed ≈ [g(H+h)]1/2
Table at right shows η(t) for x=0, H=6m, h=1000m
Note: Wave tapered off from 0.133m at 60s
to 0.0m at 0s to avoid an infinite wave
length at infinitesimal heights.
