Accession Number:
AD0756469
Title:
Interaction of a Non-Linear Gravity Wave with Shear Flows Containing a Vortex Layer
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.
Corporate Author:
LEHIGH UNIV BETHLEHEM PA CENTER FOR THE APPLICATION OF MATHEMATICS
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Report Date:
1972-09-01
Pagination or Media Count:
43.0
Abstract:
CR-70water waves, two dimensional flow, vortices, shear stresses, equations of motion, partial differential equations, gravity, hydrostatic pressure, numerical analysis, graphics, shallow water, microbarometric wavesgravity wavesThe interaction of a large amplitude progressing wave with a piecewise linear shear flow is described. It is assumed that a gravity wave propagates over a horizontal bed into a region of uniform depth. In the undisturbed region ahead of the wave the velocity is at rest for a fixed distance from the bottom, then increases rapidly in a thin layer of constant but large vorticity to a uniform value which it retains up to the free surface. No restriction is placed on the magnitude of the disturbance, so the governing equations are non-linear. The only assumptions are those of classical shallow water theory, i.e., that the fluid is inviscid and that the hydrostatic pressure law may be used.
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Subject Categories:
- Fluid Mechanics