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On the generation of surface waves by turbulent shear flows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2006

John W. Miles
John W. Miles
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
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Abstract

The model proposed by Phillips (1957) for the generation of water waves by the random fluctluations of normal pressure already present in a turbulent wind is generalized to include energy transfer associated with the interaction between surface wave and mean air flow (Miles 1957). It is found that this energy transfer may increase by an order of magnitude the surface displacements produced by a given distribution of pressure fluctuations in the principal stage of development.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , March 1960 , pp. 469 - 478
Copyright
© 1960 Cambridge University Press

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