[Rhodes22-list] Rogue waves

Lou Rosenberg lsr3 at MAIL.nyu.edu
Thu Aug 26 17:06:03 EDT 2004


>Roger,

   Do  you have any formula for predicting the appearance of rogue 
waves in severe storms in the northern hemisphere with physics? 
oceanography?
  just curious:)
  Lou

>  >From structural mechanics, the deflection of our model beam is given by:
>
>d = P * (L^3) / (16 * E * I)
>
>Where:
>d = beam deflection (inch)
>P = point load in center of beam (lb)
>L = unsupported beam length (inch)
>E = modulus of elasticity of beam material of construction (lb/inch^2)
>I = moment of inertia of beam cross sectional shape (inch^4)


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