Accession Number:
ADA043431
Title:
Gerstner Waves at the Interface between Stratified Fluids.
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.,
Corporate Author:
MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE DEPT OF METEOROLOGY
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1977-06-01
Pagination or Media Count:
6.0
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 RHORHO. 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.
Subject Categories:
- Fluid Mechanics