Publication Date:
1989-03-01
Description:
On physical grounds it was recently suggested that limiting capillary–gravity waves of solitary type may exist on the surface of deep water (Longuet-Higgins 1988). This paper describes accurate numerical calculations which support the conjecture. The limiting wave has a phase speed c = 0.9267 (gτ)¼. It is one of a family of solitary waves having speeds c 1.30 (gτ)¼. The maximum angle of inclination αmax of the free surface is a monotonically decreasing function of the speed c. Physical arguments suggest that αmax has a positive lower 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