Computational wave dynamics

This book provides a comprehensive description of the latest theory-supported numerical technologies, as well as scientific and engineering applications for water surface waves. its contents are crafted to cater to a step-by-step learning of computational wave dynamics and ocean wave modeling. it provides a comprehensive description from underlying theories of free-surface flows, to practical computational applications for coastal and ocean engineering on the basis of computational fluid dynamics (cfd). the text may be used as a textbook for advanced undergraduate students and graduate students to understand the theoretical background of wave computations, and the recent progress of computational techniques for free-surface and interfacial flows, such as volume of fluid (vof), constrained interpolation profile (cip), lagrangian particle (sph, mps), distinct element (dem) and euler-lagrange hybrid methods. it is also suitable for researchers and engineers who wish to apply cfd techniques to ocean modeling and practical coastal problems involving sediment transport, wave-structure interaction and surf zone flows.