Accession Number:

ADA142767

Title:

Finite-Amplitude Interfacial Waves.

Descriptive Note:

Interim rept.,

Corporate Author:

CALIFORNIA INST OF TECH PASADENA DEPT OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS

Personal Author(s):

• Saffman,P. G.

Report Date:

1984-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

16.0

Abstract:

Properties of gravity waves at the interface between two unbounded fluids of different densities in relative motion are examined. The conditions which limit the existence of steady waves are determined. Author

Descriptors:

• *GRAVITY WAVES
• VELOCITY
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• DENSITY
• SURFACE WAVES
• INTERFACES
• WAVE PROPAGATION
• HORIZONTAL ORIENTATION
• INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW

Subject Categories:

• Fluid Mechanics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE