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Creator:: Forfinski-Sarkozi, Nicholas A.
Abstract:: Despite numerous techniques for measuring and estimating water depth, bathymetry in the nearshore zone is notoriously difficult to map. Dangerous sea states, noisy environmental conditions, and expensive survey operations, particularly in remote areas, contribute to the difficulties of obtaining data along the coast. Global datasets, derived mainly from satellite altimetry...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: OF THE DISSERTATION OF Nicholas A. Forfinski-Sarkozi for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

Creator:: Ball, Stefan R.
Abstract:: The ultimate goal of this work is to analyze and compare two predictive models of thermal profile in laser processing of materials. An analytical method that uses closed-form equations to represent a geometric model of a laser heat source will be contrasted with a commercial computational fluid dynamics code that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: - form equations to represent a geometric model of a laser heat source will be contrasted with a

Creator:: Light, Jacob W
Abstract:: The coast of Oregon is highly dynamic, with beach and dune morphodynamics constantly evolving in response to physical and ecological forcing at scales ranging from seconds to decades and meters to tens of kilometers. Evaluating spatial and temporal trends in shoreline evolution is paramount in understanding and eventually developing a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: evolution is paramount in understanding and eventually developing a predictive capability for coastal

Creator:: Dunkle, Gabrielle R.
Abstract:: Wave energy has the potential to power large and small factions of economies around the world alike. Current methods for determining the amount of wave energy resource available to wave energy converter (WEC) devices entail capturing the look of the sea state at large by presenting characteristic wave heights, periods,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (MW) of power at a time, since WECs operate optimally when moving at the same scale as the

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