ISSN:
0271-2091
Keywords:
Engineering
;
Engineering General
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Computational difficulties arise in the non-linear free-surface problem for water waves both at large amplitudes when the crest becomes nearly singular and at small amplitudes when the wave is very close to the alternative uniform flow solution. Since the limiting wavelengths for small amplitude waves are known from the Stokes linearized theory, these are used in checking results for finite-amplitude programs. When Southwell and Vaisey1 first tried this, their methods gave an unexplained overestimate, by 6 per cent, of the limiting wavelength. This paper shows how coarse mesh effects can create such an overestimate, gives very accurate solutions at small amplitudes and considers accuracy in relation to the mesh for short and long waves.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fld.1650050602
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