Gerstner Waves at the Interface between Stratified Fluids.

Abstract

Paper extends the theory of Gerstner waves by the addition of a fluid layer in rigid body motion above the surface of the conventional Gerstner wave field. The propagation speed is then decreased by a factor of Square root of (Delta RHO/RHO). The same result is also valid for the system turned upside down with a reversal of the density difference. Combining the flows, one can also construct a three-fluid system with a middle layer in uniform motion in the plane of Gerstner waves, while the flow normal to this plane can be arbitrary and must be steady.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA043431

Entities

People

  • Erik Mollo-christensen

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Boundaries
  • Classification
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Electrical Solitons
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluids
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Internal Waves
  • Layers
  • Security
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Surface Waves
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Fluid Dynamics.