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A note on the resonant interaction between a surface wave and two interfacial waves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 August 2003

MIRMOSADEGH JAMALI ,
GREGORY A. LAWRENCE  and
BRIAN SEYMOUR
MIRMOSADEGH JAMALI
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, PO Box 11365-9313, Teheran, Iran
GREGORY A. LAWRENCE
Affiliation:
Department of Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
BRIAN SEYMOUR
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z2
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Abstract

Hill & Foda (1998) and Jamali (1998) have presented theoretical and experimental studies of the resonant interaction between a surface wave and two oblique interfacial waves. Despite many similarities between the findings there is one seemingly major difference. Hill & Foda's (1998) analysis indicated that there are only narrow bands of frequency, density ratio and direction angle within which growth is possible. On the other hand, Jamali (1998) predicted and observed wave growth over wide ranges of frequency and direction angle, and for all the density ratios that he investigated. We show that Hill & Foda's (1998) second-order representation of the dynamic interfacial boundary condition is missing a term proportional to the time derivative of the square of the velocity shear across the interface. When this missing term is included in the analysis, the resulting predictions are consistent with the laboratory experiments.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 491 , 25 September 2003 , pp. 1 - 9
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© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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