The Growth of Ocean Waves Under the Action of the Wind.

Abstract

This study provides some insight to the differences between the wave-induced flow quantities measured in a fixed and wave-following transformed coordinate system. The wave-induced quantities have different flow characteristics depending on the relative magnitude of the mean free stream speed with respect to the wave celerity. In order to detect the instantaneous critical layer mechanism associated with the modified Miles' theory, a wind speed just above the wave celerity should be used. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA057402

Entities

People

  • Chin-tsau Hsu
  • En-yun Hsu
  • Fang-jenq Chen
  • Robert Lynnwood Street

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Acquisition
  • Energy Transfer
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Free Stream
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Waves
  • Ocean Waves
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Water Waves
  • Waves
  • Wind Velocity

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.