Particle Trajectories in Linear Water Waves

Autori

  • Adrian Constantin
  • Gabriele Villari

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1685/

Abstract

We prove that in a linear periodic gravity water waves there are no closed orbit for the water particles in the fluid. Each particle experiences per period a backward-forward motion that leads to a forward drift. This result can be viewed as a more detailed version of the classical theory for the trajectories of particles below a water wave, in which, due to the first order linearization, all particle paths appear to be closed. [DOI: 10.1685 / CSC06058] About DOI

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Pubblicato

2007-10-01

Fascicolo

V. 1 (2006)

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Articles

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