Mild-slope Equation - Formulation For Monochromatic Wave Motion

Formulation For Monochromatic Wave Motion

For monochromatic waves according to linear theory—with the free surface elevation given as and the waves propagating on a fluid layer of mean water depth —the mild-slope equation is:

where:

  • is the complex-valued amplitude of the free-surface elevation
  • is the horizontal position;
  • is the angular frequency of the monochromatic wave motion;
  • is the imaginary unit;
  • means taking the real part of the quantity between braces;
  • is the horizontal gradient operator;
  • is the divergence operator;
  • is the wavenumber;
  • is the phase speed of the waves and
  • is the group speed of the waves.

The phase and group speed depend on the dispersion relation, and are derived from Airy wave theory as:

\begin{align} \omega^2 &=\, g\, k\, \tanh\, (kh), \\ c_p &=\, \frac{\omega}{k} \quad \text{and} \\ c_g &=\, \frac12\, c_p\, \left \end{align}

where

  • is Earth's gravity and
  • is the hyperbolic tangent.

For a given angular frequency, the wavenumber has to be solved from the dispersion equation, which relates these two quantities to the water depth .

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