Edge wave
{{short description|Surface gravity wave fixed by refraction against a rigid boundary, often a shoaling beach}}
In fluid dynamics, an edge wave is a surface gravity wave fixed by refraction against a rigid boundary, often a shoaling beach. Progressive edge waves travel along this boundary, varying sinusoidally along it and diminishing exponentially in the offshore direction.{{Citation
| last = Lamb
| first = Horace
| author-link = Horace Lamb
| title = Hydrodynamics
| publisher = Cambridge University Press
| location = Cambridge
| date = 1932
| page = 446
| isbn = 0-521-45868-4 }}
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Further reading
- {{citation | title=Edge waves on a sloping beach | first=F. | last= Ursell | author-link=Fritz Ursell | journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences | volume=214 | year=1952 | pages=79–97 | doi=10.1098/rspa.1952.0152 | issue=1116 |bibcode = 1952RSPSA.214...79U | s2cid=122032422 }}
- {{citation | first=J.W. | last=Miles | author-link=John W. Miles |title=Edge waves on a gently sloping beach | journal=Journal of Fluid Mechanics | volume=199 | pages=125–131 | year=1989 | doi=10.1017/S0022112089000315 |bibcode = 1989JFM...199..125M | s2cid=122744100 }}
- {{citation | first=C.J. | last=Chapman | title=Energy paths in edge waves | journal=Journal of Fluid Mechanics | volume=426 | pages=135–154 | year=2001 | issue=1 | doi=10.1017/S0022112000002184 | bibcode=2001JFM...426..135C | s2cid=119424411 }}
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