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Long standing waves in a curved canal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

B. Johns  and
A. M. O. Hamzah
B. Johns
Affiliation:
Department of Geophysics, University of Reading
A. M. O. Hamzah
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Reading
Present address: University of Damascus, Syria.
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Abstract

The dynamics of long water waves are considered in a curved geometry representing a canal bend. The presence of the bend is found to produce a spectrum of transverse oscillations in the canal. The associated dominant amplitudes are evaluated for both tidal periods and higher frequencies representative of tsunamis. It is found that low-frequency waves do not lead to significant transverse amplitudes. For tsunamis, the presence of the bend may result in considerable changes in the local wave amplitude.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 34 , Issue 4 , 23 December 1968 , pp. 759 - 768
Copyright
© 1968 Cambridge University Press

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