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Diffraction of planetary waves by a semi-infinite plate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

P.P. Siew
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia.
D.G. Hurley
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia.
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Abstract

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In this paper the diffraction of a planetary wave by a semi-infinite plate of arbitrary inclination is investigated using a β-plane approximation. The Wiener-Hopf technique is used to obtain an integral representation of the solution and an asymptotic description of the diffracted wave is obtained by the method of steepest descent.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1972

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