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Mass transport in layered fluid systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

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

The method of matched asymptotic expansions is employed to calculate the mass transport velocity due to small amplitude oscillatory waves propagating in conditions of density and viscosity discontinuities. For progressive waves in a two-layer system, it is found that the velocity at the interface is in the direction of wave propagation; when the uppermost surface is free, the velocity there is in the direction opposite to that at the interface. If the difference in the densities is small, the calculated transport velocity associated with an internal wave can be of more importance than that associated with the surface wave as obtained from the work of Longuet-Higgins (1953).

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , 14 January 1970 , pp. 113 - 126
Copyright
© 1970 Cambridge University Press

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