Usually gravity waves are described in terms of the velocity potential under the assumption of no vorticity. This hypothesis is difficult to justify and not useful if the induced boundarylayer must be studied. In the case of long crested waves a streamfunction representation can also be introduced. A variational principle is presented for periodic, finite amplitude gravity waves in terms of a stream function. (from paper)
Variational approach to gravity waves in terms of streamfunction / Benzi, R.; Salusti, E.; Sutera, Alfonso. - In: JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY. - ISSN 0022-3670. - 9:(1979), pp. 619-620. [10.1175/1520-0485(1979)009<0619:VATGWI>2.0.CO;2]
Variational approach to gravity waves in terms of streamfunction.
SUTERA, Alfonso
1979
Abstract
Usually gravity waves are described in terms of the velocity potential under the assumption of no vorticity. This hypothesis is difficult to justify and not useful if the induced boundarylayer must be studied. In the case of long crested waves a streamfunction representation can also be introduced. A variational principle is presented for periodic, finite amplitude gravity waves in terms of a stream function. (from paper)I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
