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Some calculations of gravity wave resistance in an inviscid stratified fluid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

R. F. Mackinnon
Affiliation:
Imperial College, London, S.W. 7
R. Mulley
Affiliation:
Imperial College, London, S.W. 7
F. W. G. Warren
Affiliation:
Imperial College, London, S.W. 7

Abstract

A disk moves edgewise in a vertical plane with a sufficiently small constant velocity in a uniformly stratified inviscid fluid under gravity. The resultant hydrodynamic thrust on the disk is estimated. Configurations of some associated phase surfaces are shown. A transient Green's function is presented for the case when the Boussinesq approximation is not made, and also for an analogous case of inertial waves in a rotating fluid.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1969 Cambridge University Press

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