Solitary internal waves in a rotating channel: A numerical study
Solitary internal waves in a rotating channel: A numerical study
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旋转通道中的孤立内波:数值研究
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1987
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T. Akylas
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C. Katsis;T. Akylas
The effect of slow rotation on the propagation of solitary internal waves in shallow fluids is studied. The Kadomtsev–Petviashvili (KP) equation, appropriately modified to account for Coriolis effects, is solved numerically for two‐layer flow in a rotating channel of finite width. In the presence of rotation, an initially straight‐crested soliton evolves to a three‐dimensional disturbance, which, to a reasonable approximation, has a sech2 profile along the channel but decays slowly as it propagates. Furthermore, the wave amplitude varies exponentially across the channel and the wave crest is curved backward. These trends are in agreement with recent laboratory experiments.