Appendix A Symbols and Notations
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K
- Keulegan-Carpenter number
K d
-
diffraction coefficient
K p
-
dynamic pressure coefficient
K p
-
pressure response factor
K tr
-
proportionality coefficient in sediment transport calculation
K T
-
autocorrelation function
K x, K y , K z - turbulent diffusion coefficients [m 2 ·s- 1 ]
K x, K y , Kz - dispersion coefficients [m 2 .s- 1 ]
I
- length of water basin [m]
L
- wavelength [m]
Lo
- wavelength in deep water [m]
Lb
- characteristic length [m]
m
- mass [kg]
mb
-
mass of the body [kg]
mE
-
mass of the Earth [kg]
m M
-
mass of the Moon [kg]
M a
-
Mach number
n
- porosity
n
- degree of freedom
N (z)
- Brunt-Viiisiilii frequency [Hz]
N L
-
length scale
P
- pressure [N·m- 2 ]
p
mean pressure [N·m- 2 ]
Pa
- atmospheric pressure [N.m- 2 ]
Pc
- central pressure [N·m- 2 ]
Pnorm
-
normal atmospheric pressure [Pal
Po
- ambient pressure [N·m- 2 ]
P
- fluctuation pressure [N·m- 2 ]
P
- power [J Is] or [W]
Pe
- Pecklet number
qc
- cross-shore sediment transport [m 3 ·m- 1 ·s- 1 ]
ql
- longshore sediment transport [m 3 .m- 1 .s- 1 ]
Q
- discharge [m 3 .s- 1 ]
r
-
radius [m]
R
- Rossby radius of deformation
R
- modified deformation radius [m]
R e - Reynolds number
RE
- Earth's radius [m]
RM
- Moon's radius [m]
REM
- distance between Earth and Moon centres [m]