Improved Tsunami Modeling Via q-Advanced Special Functions

This thesis studies q-advanced functions that are used as forcing terms in the forced wave equation and the Korteweg-de Vries equation in modeling tsunamis. The model improves existing tsunami models and is compared to data collected from the 2011 Japanese tsunami. The main results show that one can modify existing q-advanced functions to obtain more accuracy in the forcing of a tsunami, and, in turn, gain a more accurate model of a tsunami propagation and its approach to land.

Department dc:contributor.department

Mathematics

Grantor dc:publisher

East Carolina University

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Olivo, James M.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Spurr, Michael J.

• Mathematics
• Physics
• Geology
• Forced wave equation
• KdV
• Multiplicatively advanced differentiable equations
• Q-advanced models
• Tsunamis
• Wavelet

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10342/1763

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:thescholarship.ecu.edu:10342/1763