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|term=bow swell | |||
|definition=Long-periodic raising of the water level directly in front of the bow of a moving ship (stagnation point) due to the cross-sectional narrowing and the diversion of flow lines (roughly comparable to a pillar jam), part of the primary wave system. | |||
|synonyms=backwater at the bow | |||
|source=translated from "Gutachten zum Donauausbau, Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau, Karlsruhe, 2001" by Alejandro and Hannah Carrizo | |||
|name_de=Bugstau | |name_de=Bugstau | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:31, 5 April 2017
Definition
Long-periodic raising of the water level directly in front of the bow of a moving ship (stagnation point) due to the cross-sectional narrowing and the diversion of flow lines (roughly comparable to a pillar jam), part of the primary wave system.
Synonyms
backwater at the bow
Abbreviations
Source
translated from "Gutachten zum Donauausbau, Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau, Karlsruhe, 2001" by Alejandro and Hannah Carrizo