Lesson 14 Random Wave Theory

Keywords and Expressions

Rough：恶劣

Irregular waves：不规则波浪

The irregular wave surface can be regarded as the compound of a large number of small waves. Each component wave will have its own length and height. If they were all travelling in the same direction the irregular pattern would be constant across the breadth of the wave， extending to infinity in each direction. Such a sea is said to be a long crested irregular system and is referred to as one-dimensional， the one dimension being frequency. In the more general case the component waves will each be travelling in a different direction. In that case the sea surface resembles a series of humps and hollows with any apparent crests being of short length. Such a system is said to be a short crested irregular wave system or ......     （共3046字）    [阅读本文]>>