Transient Shallow Water Wave Interactions with a Partially Fragmented Ice Shelf
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Mathematical Model
2.1. Preliminaries
2.2. Solution for a Finite Ice Shelf Fragment
2.3. Solution for Semi-Infinite Ice Shelf
2.4. Multiple Scattering Solution
2.5. Energy Conservation
3. Time Domain Solution
4. Results
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A. Energy Balance Calculation
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Alshahrani, F.; Meylan, M.H.; Wilks, B. Transient Shallow Water Wave Interactions with a Partially Fragmented Ice Shelf. Fluids 2024, 9, 192. https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids9080192
Alshahrani F, Meylan MH, Wilks B. Transient Shallow Water Wave Interactions with a Partially Fragmented Ice Shelf. Fluids. 2024; 9(8):192. https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids9080192
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlshahrani, Faraj, Michael H. Meylan, and Ben Wilks. 2024. "Transient Shallow Water Wave Interactions with a Partially Fragmented Ice Shelf" Fluids 9, no. 8: 192. https://doi.org/10.3390/fluids9080192