Sentences with phrase «freak waves»
"Freak waves" refer to unusually large and powerful waves that occur unexpectedly in the ocean. These waves are much bigger than the surrounding waves and can be dangerous to ships, boats, and coastal areas. Full definition
Therefore, initial plans may change, if models are not resistant enough to face suddenly occurring freak waves.
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Unfortunately, there are only a few recordings of such ocean freak waves.
Potentially extremely dangerous realistic rogue waves — also called as freak waves — can now be controlled and generated at will in laboratory environments, in similar conditions as they appear in the ocean.
Rogue waves — also called freak waves — are unusually large surface waves that occur in the ocean.
The researchers can already simulate the complex interactions of sea waves that can lead to an anomalously high freak wave, but adding the motion of ships into the equation complicates matters significantly.
The existence of such freak waves, which can reach 100 feet or more in height and can swamp a large ship in seconds, wasn't proved until 2004, when European satellites equipped with radar detected 10 of them during a three - week period.
Rogue waves, also known as freak waves, are yet another example for such dynamics.
Therefore, initial plans may change, if models are not resistant enough to face suddenly occurring freak waves, says Professor Amin Chabchoub from Aalto University.
As the market adjusts to central banks removing accommodations there are going to be setbacks and it will take more than one freak wave to influence the Fed.
That same month, a freak wave strikes a trawler off Ireland, killing eight men.