Publication Date:
1989-03-01
Description:
The problem is considered of topographic waves propagating on depth gradients in rotating domains. A variational principle is derived for the eigenfunctions and eigenfrequencies of normal modes on a domain, and applied to subdomains of the whole domain. Considering suitable boundary conditions on the open boundary between the subdomain and the remainder of the whole domain gives upper and lower bounds and estimates for the frequencies of normal modes localized in the subdomain without the complication of solving over the whole domain. It is shown that applying a zero-mass-flux condition at the open boundary leads to a lower bound on the frequency whereas requiring a particular form of the energy flux to vanish identically at each point of the boundary provides an upper bound. © 1989, Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.
Print ISSN:
0022-1120
Electronic ISSN:
1469-7645
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Physics
