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Ray tracing (physics)
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RT
In physics, ray tracing is a method for calculating the path of waves or particles through a system with regions of varying propagation velocity…
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2014
2014
Computation of qP- and qS-wave Rays, Traveltimes, Slowness Vector and Polarization in
Jun-Wei Huang
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Juan M. Reyes-Montes
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R. Young
2014
Corpus ID: 124289940
Summary Based on Lax-Friedrichs scheme, we developed a new fast sweeping method of calculating the direct traveltime field for…
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2013
2013
Breaking of Super‐Critically Incident Internal Waves at a Sloping Bed
I. D. de Silva
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J. Imberger
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G. Ivey
2013
Corpus ID: 19840967
A laboratory experiment was carried out to investigate the mixing on a sloping bed caused by a localised ray of internal waves…
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2013
2013
Two Intersecting Internal Wave Rays: a Comparison Between Numerical and Laboratory Results
A. Javam
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S. Teoh
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J. Imberger
,
G. Ivey
2013
Corpus ID: 53639357
The interaction between two downward propagating internal wave rays in a linearly stratified fluid was examined numerically and…
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2011
2011
A new method for determination of a wave-ray trace based on tsunami isochrones
G. Marchuk
2011
Corpus ID: 8421790
A new method for the tsunami wave ray construction is proposed. It is based on isochrones that are built with the use of the wave…
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2010
2010
Depth induced breaking of wind generated surface gravity waves in Estonian coastal waters
V. Alari
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U. Raudsepp
2010
Corpus ID: 55413977
Depth-induced wave breaking is a key term for wave energy dissipation in the action balance equation of the third generation…
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2010
2010
Experimental investigation of damping flexural vibrations using two-dimensional acoustic ‘black holes’
E. Bowyer
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D. O'Boy
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V. Krylov
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F. Gautier
2010
Corpus ID: 54847790
In the present paper, we report the results of the experimental investigation of damping flexural vibrations in rectangular…
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2010
2010
The physics of wedge diffraction : high-frequency approximate solution in the vicinity of shadow boundary
M. Ueda
2010
Corpus ID: 5035275
A top-down physical principle called virtual discontinuity principle of diffraction is proposed by us for analyzing waves…
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Review
2006
Review
2006
Multicomponent seismic surveys in a complex setting: Catatumbo, Colombia
S. Guevara
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G. Margrave
,
R. Stewart
2006
Corpus ID: 62899514
Compared with single component seismic data, multicomponent data have potentially higher information content even in structurally…
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1986
1986
A parabolic refraction-di raction equation in the ray-front coordinate system
M. Isobe
1986
Corpus ID: 60401437
The parabolic equation method has been extensively used for combined refraction and diffraction problems of water waves. However…
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1976
Highly Cited
1976
On the adequacy of plane-wave reflection/transmission coefficients in the analysis of seismic body waves
P. Richards
1976
Corpus ID: 55541408
In order to estimate the effect (on body waves) of discontinuities within the Earth, it is common practice to use the theory for…
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