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Ursell number: a standalone construct

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Coastal engineering

dimensionless parameter combining wave height, length and depth that measures the nonlinearity of long surface gravity waves in shallow water.

In coastal engineering, Ursell number refers to dimensionless parameter combining wave height, length and depth that measures the nonlinearity of long surface gravity waves in shallow water. This meaning comes from Ursell (1953) in Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.[1]

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References

Ursell, F. (1953). The long-wave paradox in the theory of gravity waves. Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, 49(4), 685-694. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305004100028887

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