Fox and McDonald's Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
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Author: Philip J. Pritchard, John W. Mitchell
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Chapter 7, Problem 13P
The speed of shallow water waves in the ocean (e.g., seismic sea waves or tsunamis) depends only on the still water depth and the acceleration due to gravity. Derive an expression for wave speed.
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