Science and Engineering of Freak Waves

Nobuhito Mori, Takuji Waseda, Amin Chabchoub
Elsevier
240 pages
ISBN: 9780323917360
October 2023

This book provides a holistic and interdisciplinary view of extreme ocean waves for both scientific and engineering applications. Readers will learn the fundamental theory of extreme waves and the implications they have on coastal structures and methods of prediction through chapters that review the definitions of extreme waves, their history and other important observations.