Front Cover -- Preface -- Contents -- CHAPTER 1 - Introduction -- CHAPTER II - Scattering by Thin Barriers -- CHAPTER III - Scattering by Rectangular Trench -- CHAPTER IV - Scattering by a Semi-infinite Dock -- CHAPTER V - Surface Discontinuities -- CHAPTER VI - Long Horizontal Cylinder -- CHAPTER VII - Energy Identities -- CHAPTER VIII - Two-Layer Fluid -- CHAPTER IX - Variable Bottom Topography -- References -- Back Cover.
The theory of water waves constitutes an important branch of applied mathematics, and due to its vast applicability in ocean related activities, it is also an important branch of engineering. This book describes a number of classes of wave scattering problems involving obstacles of various geometrical shapes, surface discontinuities, variable bottom topography, and more. The book presents an up-to-date account of mathematical developments in water wave scattering. It covers mathematical modeling of breakwaters used in protecting ports and marinas.