A study of the waves and boundary layers due to a surface pressure on a uniform stream of a slightly viscous liquid of finite depth

Arghya Bandyopadhyay

Journal of Applied Mathematics, 2006, vol. 2006, 1-24

Abstract:

The 2D problem of linear waves generated by an arbitrary pressure distribution p 0 ( x,t ) on a uniform viscous stream of finite depth h is examined. The surface displacement ζ is expressed correct to O( ν ) terms, for small viscosity ν , with a restriction on p 0 ( x,t ) . For p 0 ( x,t ) = p 0 ( x ) e i ω t , exact forms of the steady-state propagating waves are next obtained for all x and not merely for x ≫ 0 which form a wave-quartet or a wave-duo amid local disturbances. The long-distance asymptotic forms are then shown to be uniformly valid for large h . For numerical and other purposes, a result essentially due to Cayley is used successfully to express these asymptotic forms in a series of powers of powers of ν 1 / 2 or ν 1 / 4 with coefficients expressed directly in terms of nonviscous wave frequencies and amplitudes. An approximate thickness of surface boundary layer is obtained and a numerical study is undertaken to bring out the salient features of the exact and asymptotic wave motion in question.

Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1155/JAM/2006/53723

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