A Physical Interpretation of the Wind-Wave Instability as Interacting Waves
A Physical Interpretation of the Wind-Wave Instability as Interacting Waves
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风波不稳定性作为相互作用波的物理解释
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2017
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通讯作者:
E. Heifetz
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作者:
J. Carpenter;A. Guha;E. Heifetz
AbstractOne mechanism for the growth of ocean surface waves by wind is through a shear instability that was first described by Miles in 1957. A physical interpretation of this wind-wave instability is provided in terms of the interaction of the surface gravity wave with perturbations of vorticity within the critical layer—a near-singularity in the airflow where the background flow speed matches that of the surface gravity wave. This physical interpretation relies on the fact that the vertical velocity field is slowly varying across the critical layer, whereas both the displacement and vorticity fields vary rapidly. Realizing this allows for the construction of a physically intuitive description of the critical layer vorticity perturbations that may be approximated by a simple vortex sheet model, the essence of the wind-wave instability can then be captured through the interaction of the critical layer vorticity with the surface gravity wave. This simple model is then extended to account for vorticity pert...
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Heifetz E
通讯作者:
Heifetz E