INTERNAL WAVE GENERATION BY A MOVING OBJECT,
Abstract
When a submerged object translates horizontally through a field whose density gradient varies in the vertical, both internal waves and the conventional surface waves are generated. It is of particular interest to determine the surface displacement of such waves. In order that irrelevent parameters do not appear (those involved in minor details as opposed to macroscopic features), the object is represented by a dipole (which would correspond precisely to a sphere of radius a in an indefinitely extended fluid of constant speed; and a density distribution is adopted which appears to be the most useful tractable approximation to a typical oceanic distribution. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0421585
Entities
People
- G. F. Carrier
- P. Bakshi
Organizations
- Harvard University