Wave Energy Flux Estimator mechanism

Model scope

The arithmetic is correct under SI units with rho = 1025 kg/m^3, g = 9.81 m/s^2, significant wave height Hs, and energy period Te. Resolve the period definition and replace or revise the sinusoidal honest label before release.

• The formula is standard for significant wave height Hs combined with energy period Te (or an equivalent spectral period), but the specification only says generic wave period; that period definition is ambiguous.
• The honest label says sinusoidal wave approximation, but the 1/(64π) coefficient is the standard deep-water irregular-wave result using significant wave height. For a regular sinusoidal wave using crest-to-trough height H, the corresponding coefficient is 1/(32π).
• The deep-water applicability constraint is not specified. A depth input or an explicit requirement such as depth being at least approximately half the wavelength is needed to verify the approximation.

Units and conventions

• Use seawater density rho = 1025 kg/m^3 unless another value is explicitly selected.
• Use gravitational acceleration g = 9.81 m/s^2.
• Significant wave height Hs must be in metres.
• Wave period Te must be in seconds; minutes must be converted by multiplying by 60.
• The formula produces power in watts per metre of crest; divide by 1000 to report kW/m.
• The deep-water assumption requires sufficiently large depth relative to wavelength, commonly depth greater than about half the wavelength.

Inspectable vector

One of 4 source-bound review vectors:

{
  "inputs": {
    "significant_wave_height_m": 2,
    "energy_period_s": 8,
    "seawater_density_kg_m3": 1025,
    "gravity_m_s2": 9.81
  },
  "expected_outputs": {
    "power_kW_per_m": 15.6994
  },
  "working": "g^2 = 9.81^2 = 96.2361. rho*g^2 = 1025*96.2361 = 98642.0025. 64*pi = 201.06193. Coefficient = 98642.0025/201.06193 = 490.60507 W/m per (m^2*s). Hs^2*Te = 2.0^2*8.0 = 4*8 = 32. P = 490.60507*32 = 15699.3623 W/m. Convert: 15699.3623/1000 = 15.6994 kW/m."
}

Failure boundary

BREAK_CLAIMED · SELF_FLAGGED

The plain-arithmetic implementation can overflow to Infinity for extreme finite inputs, and the specification provides no alternate formula or depth input for the shallow/intermediate-water branch even though the advertised formula is explicitly limited to deep water.

Other records

Sources and evidence

These pointers bind the page to evidence. They do not grant authority or collapse verification into deployment.

• VERIFIED_LEDGER.json
• evidence-tranche5/tranche5-results.json
• BOUNDARY_HAZARD_CATALOG.json