NON-GAUSSIAN PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION OF COASTAL WAVES
No. 24 (1994), Conference Proceedings
No. 24 (1994)

NON-GAUSSIAN PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION OF COASTAL WAVES

Conference Proceedings
https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v24.%25p
Published 1994-01-29
M.K. Ochi
Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering Department, 336 Weil Hall, University of Florida
K. Ahn
ivil Engineering Department, Handong, University
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probability distribution
non-Gaussian distribution

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Ochi, M., & Ahn, K. (1994). NON-GAUSSIAN PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION OF COASTAL WAVES. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(24). https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v24.%p
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Abstract

This paper presents the development of a probability density function applicable to waves in finite water depth (which can be considered to be a nonlinear, non-Gaussian random process) in closed form. The derivation of the density function is based on the Kac- Siegert solution developed for a nonlinear mechanical system, but the parameters involved in the solution are evaluated from the wave record only. Further, the probability density function is asymptotically expressed in closed form. Comparisons between the presently developed probability density function and histograms constructed from wave records show good agreement.
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