DIFFRACTION OF SURFACE WAVES ON AN IMCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID

Abstract

Waves of irrotational type are propagated along the free surface of an ideal incompressible fluid in a gravitational field, and a theory fashioned with space harmonic functions holds the key to both the details of their form and excitation. If the linearized approximation to the free surface boundary condition is invoked, the concomitant theory of small amplitude wave motion can be developed in a wide variety of (two- and threedimensional) circumstances. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 14, 1962
Accession Number
AD0275945

Entities

People

  • Harold Levine

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Boundaries
  • Diffraction
  • Gravitational Fields
  • Surface Waves
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics
  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space