No. 23 (1992), Conference Proceedings
No. 23 (1992)

THE INTERACTION OF DEEP-WATER GRAVITY WAVES AND A CURVED SHEARING CURRENT

Conference Proceedings
Published 1992-01-29
Marius Gerber
Department of Applied Mathematics Stellenbosch University
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deep water
gravity wave
current
curved shearing current

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THE INTERACTION OF DEEP-WATER GRAVITY WAVES AND A CURVED SHEARING CURRENT. (1992). Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(23). https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v23.%p
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Abstract

The interaction of steady deep-water gravity waves with a preexisting large-scale curved current has been investigated. In order to investigate the influence of the curvature of the current on the wave field, the current field was represented by a section of an annular current with a particular non-dimensional radius R. As a first approximation the interaction of a family of linear axi-symmetrical waves and the current was investigated. Exact linear ray solutions were obtained which, in the limit when R - «>, reduce to the analytical straight current solutions of Longuet- Higgins and Stewart (1961).
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