Highest waves, phase speeds and particle trajectories of nonlinear capillary waves on sheets of fluid

DOI10.1017/S0022112086001866zbMath0616.76026OpenAlexW2083650826MaRDI QIDQ4725914

S. John Hogan

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112086001866

zbMATH Keywords

free surfaceelliptic functionsdrift velocityelliptic integralscapillary wavesphase speedantisymmetric wavesmean displacement of a streamlinesheets of fluidthin films on pipe wallsTrajectory properties

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Capillarity (surface tension) for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B45) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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Cites Work

• The trajectories of particles in steep, symmetric gravity waves
• An exact solution for progressive capillary waves of arbitrary amplitude
• Particle trajectories in nonlinear gravity–capillary waves
• Exact large amplitude capillary waves on sheets of fluid
• Particle trajectories in nonlinear capillary waves

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