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1 | (8) |
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2 Formulation of the Dam-Break Problem |
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9 | (4) |
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3 The Linearised Dam-Break Problem |
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13 | (8) |
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3.1 Formulation of the Linearised Problem |
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13 | (2) |
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3.2 Exact Solution to the Linearised Problem |
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15 | (6) |
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4 Coordinate Expansions for η(x,t) as t → 0 |
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21 | (22) |
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4.1 Outer Region Coordinate Expansion for I(x,t) as t →? 0 |
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21 | (7) |
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4.2 Inner Region Coordinate Expansion for I(x,t) as t →> 0 |
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28 | (11) |
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4.3 Coordinate Expansion for η(x,t) as t → 0 |
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39 | (4) |
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5 Coordinate Expansions for η(x,t) as |x|→ ∞ |
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43 | (24) |
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5.1 Coordinate Expansion for/(x,t) as |x| → ∞ |
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43 | (21) |
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5.1.1 Coordinate Expansion for I(x,t) with t = 0 (x-1/2) as |x| → ∞ |
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55 | (5) |
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5.1.2 Coordinate Expansion for I(x,t) with t ≤ 0(1) as |x| → ∞ |
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60 | (2) |
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5.1.3 Coordinate Expansion for η (x,t) as |x| → ∞ |
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62 | (2) |
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5.2 Coordinate Expansion for η(x,t) as |x| → ∞ |
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64 | (3) |
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6 Coordinate Expansions for η (x,t) as t → ∞ |
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67 | (58) |
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6.1 Outer Region Coordinate Expansion for η (x,t) as t → ∞ |
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67 | (2) |
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6.2 Outer Region Coordinate Expansions for7+(y,t) and J- (y,t) as t → ∞ |
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69 | (20) |
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6.3 Outer Region Coordinate Expansions for F(y,t) as t → ∞ |
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89 | (15) |
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6.4 Outer Region Coordinate Expansions for η (y,t) as t → ∞ |
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104 | (5) |
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6.5 Inner Region Coordinate Expansions for J+ (y,t) and J-(y,t) as → ∞ |
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109 | (3) |
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6.6 Inner Region Coordinate Expansions for F(y,t) as t → ∞ |
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112 | (10) |
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6.7 Inner Region Coordinate Expansion for η(y,t) as t→ ∞ |
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122 | (3) |
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7 Summary of the Asymptotic Structure of η(x,t) as t → 0 and t → ∞ |
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125 | (12) |
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7.1 Exact Solution for η (x,t) |
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125 | (1) |
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7.2 Asymptotic Structure of η(x,t) as t → 0 |
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125 | (4) |
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7.3 Asymptotic Structure of η(x,t) as t → ∞ |
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129 | (8) |
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8 Numerical Evaluation of the Exact Form of → (x,t) |
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137 | (6) |
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9 Comparison with the Linearised Shallow Water Theory |
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143 | (10) |
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9.1 Linearised Shallow Water Theory |
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143 | (2) |
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9.2 Comparison of the Linearised Shallow Water Theory with the Full Linearised Theory |
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145 | (3) |
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9.3 Comparison of the Linearised Shallow Water Theory with the Numerical Approximation |
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148 | (2) |
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150 | (3) |
Bibliography |
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153 | (2) |
Index |
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