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Tidal waves in a canal of non-uniform depth

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This paper considers the propagation of a progressive tidal wave along a canal of uniform width, in which the depth increases linearly from one side to the other. The linearised tidal equations are solved firstly by a perturbation procedure for small inclinations of the bed to the horizontal, and secondly by a numerical method from the exact solution, for some particular values of the parameters.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Reading, England

    A. M. O. Hamzah

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  1. J. N. Hunt
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Hunt, J.N., Hamzah, A.M.O. Tidal waves in a canal of non-uniform depth. PAGEOPH 67, 133–142 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00880571

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