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On the recovery of solitary wave profiles from pressure measurements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2012

A. Constantin
A. Constantin*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, King’s College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK Faculty of Mathematics, University of Vienna, Nordbergstrasse 15, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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†Email address for correspondence: adrian.constantin@kcl.ac.uk
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Abstract

We derive an explicit formula that permits the recovery of the profile of an irrotational solitary water wave from pressure data measured at the flat bed of the fluid domain. The formula is valid for the governing equations and applies to waves of small and large amplitude.

JFM classification

Waves/Free-surface Flows: Surface gravity waves
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 699 , 25 May 2012 , pp. 376 - 384
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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