... surprising because equation(2) has theoretical and observationals ~ p p o r t f r~om authoritiessuchas Phillips, 3* 4CharnockI5 andBretschneider.I6 Thefact that Le Blond and Mysak4 tentdo find non-agreement at large fetches suggests adeficiency of the JONSWAP spectrum itself, because in reference 12...

... theory and field measurements,so that only two constants need to bevariedin the earlygenerationstage.Fromthisanalysisitcan be shown that optimum heights and periods are almost reached halfway along the fetch reqfuoired fully arisenconditions.Graphsandtablesarepresentedwhichshould be useful in design...

... PREDICTION FETCHES HEIGHT SWELL STORMS GENERATION PRIMARY SEA DEPTH Paper No. 6330 WIND ACTION ON A WATER SURFACE bY John Robert Dark Francis, B.Sc.(Eng Assoc.1.C.E. Reader in Fluid Mechanics, Civil Engineering Department, Imperial College of Science and Technology SYNOPSIS Wind blowing over water...