Nonlinear Gravity Waves in a Thin Sheet of Viscous Fluid
Nonlinear Gravity Waves in a Thin Sheet of Viscous Fluid
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粘性流体薄片中的非线性重力波
DOI:
10.1002/sapm1966451266
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发表时间:
1966
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通讯作者:
C. Mei
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作者:
C. Mei
In the study of long gravity waves of finite amplitude, the
main body of the existing theories has been built upon the simplifying assumption that the viscosity is either totally negligible, or adequately described by an
empirical law. To date very little systematic account of the viscosity effect has appeared that is based on the Navier-Stokes' equations of motion. Thus, in the
important problems of flood waves in rivers, Chezy's formula and a variety of empirical laws of hydraulics have been used to replace the viscous stress terms,
and this is the approach taken in most of the hydraulic studies on open channel flows. Among theoretical contributions along this line, one may mention the
book by Stoker (1957), the works of Dressler (1949), and of Lighthill and Whitham (1955, I). Dressler developed a rigorous theory of roll waves. In particular
he obtained a discontinuous periodic solution in the case of relatively large amplitudes and a continuous periodic (cnoidal) solution in the case of small
amplitudes. General flood movement in long rivers has been masterfully investigated by Lighthill and Whitham (1955, I), as a type of kinematic waves. Their
method of predicting the transient motion of large amplitude waves with discontinuities
(or shocks) is especially noteworthy.