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Stationary waves in a laboratory flume

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

P. McIver
P. McIver
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School of Mathematics, University of Bristol, England
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Abstract

The formation of stationary waves in a laboratory flume is described, and possible mechanisms for their production discussed. In particular, an investigation is made of waves on supercritical streams. The mechanism for creating such waves involves frictional action through the boundary layers and an approximate equation describing this process is presented and shown to give qualitative agreement with observation.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 119 , June 1982 , pp. 283 - 296
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© 1982 Cambridge University Press

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