Transient waves produced by a moving pressure distribution
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- Published by American Mathematical Society (AMS) in Quarterly of Applied Mathematics
- Vol. 45 (1) , 51-58
- https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/885167
Abstract
This paper provides a theoretical description of the 3-dimensional flow produced by a surface pressure distribution moving in a channel at speeds such that the Froude number based on depth is near 1. The transient flow begins in a fully 3-dimensional manner, then focuses away from the distribution, due to the side walls, into predominantly 2-dimensional “solitary” or “cnoidal” waves. Two sets of these waves are generated continuously by the distribution; one set runs upstream while the other extends downstream.Keywords
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