Saturday, January 15, 2005

The Mathematics of Tsunamis

The simplest theory of water waves that reasonably approximates the behavior of real ocean waves is the system of coupled partial differential equations known as the shallow water wave equations.
What happens when tsunamis surpass the speed of sound?
Newscientist on tsunami

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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Well, it's a new year - in fact it's almost the Chinese New Year. I'm still putting together astronomy lesson plans for the first and second semesters. This year the budget allows us to purchase a new telescope for the science group. That's great so we're still juggling the numbers how to get best bang for the buck! Not the 'big bang' you understand LOL. I'm coming down on the side of the Meade LX200GPS 12" Schmidt-Cassegrain. Let's wait and see.

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A happy new year to everyone!