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On the seiche motion in a curved lake

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

B. Johns
Affiliation:
Department of Geophysics, University of Reading
A. M. O. Hamzah
Affiliation:
University of Damascus, Syria

Abstract

An account is given of the seiche motion in a curved lake. It is shown that the periods of the first two modes of oscillation are effectively unchanged in comparison with those for a straight lake having a length equal to that of the median line along the curved lake. Near to the nodal positions, the surface elevation is uniform across the lake. In the neighbourhood of the anti-nodes, which includes the ends of the lake, the wave amplitude is shown to be a maximum at the outside of the bend.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1969

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(1)Johns, B. and Hamzah, A. M. O.J. Fluid Mech. 34 (1968), 759.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
(2)Hamzah, A. M. O. Ph.D. Thesis. Long-standing waves in curved canals and lakes. University of Reading, 1969.Google Scholar