Killing waves often lead to catastrophic events such as ship failures or even casualties. Oil platforms were also damaged by such waves. It is generally accepted that killer waves are a short-lived phenomenon, but according to new calculations, Alexei Slyunyaev, Professor of Basic Mathematics at the National Research University of the National Research University of the Grekhov Academy of Sciences.
“Killer waves were believed to last from tens of seconds to several minutes. But in our modeling, which allows us to follow the lifetime of lethal waves, we see those who live for at least minutes or even tens of minutes. The waves in the sea are quite fast: about ten meters per second or more. If you are at one point or swimming slowly, you will definitely encounter such a wave, ”Slyunyaev said about the expedition.
The discovery that a rogue wave can be a fairly long-term event gives researchers hope that it is possible to develop ways to predict them.
“Our discovery in recent years is that we have found unexpectedly long-living wave groups. If we can identify them, determine their properties, we will be able to predict what will happen to them in the next few minutes,” he said.
For more on killer waves, the conditions under which a tsunami can occur on the Moscow River, the difficulty of predicting such events, and how the weather affects the likelihood of dangerous waves, see Killer waves. report “socialbites.ca”.