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Double boundary layers in standing interfacial waves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2006

B. D. Dore
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Reading, Berkshire, England

Abstract

The double-boundary-layer theory of Stuart (1963, 1966) and Riley (1965, 1967) is employed to investigate the mass transport velocity due to two-dimensional standing waves in a system comprising two homogeneous fluids of different densities and viscosities. The most important double-boundary-layer structure occurs in the neighbourhood of the oscillating interface, and the possible existence of jet-like motions is envisaged at nodal positions, owing to the nature of the mean flows in the layers. In practice, the magnitude of the mass transport velocity can be a significant fraction of that of the primary, oscillatory velocity.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1976 Cambridge University Press

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