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On the calculation of wave patterns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2006

C. Hunter
C. Hunter
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, The Florida State University
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Abstract

The calculation of the pattern of waves produced by a point disturbance in a steady field which may be non-uniform can be performed straightforwardly by a single process of integration along the characteristic rays. For illustration, the method is applied to gravity waves produced by a source moving either in a straight line or in a circular path, to the symmetrical waves produced by a source in an expanding sheet and to the waves resulting from an instantaneous disturbance in :I stratified fluid.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 53 , Issue 4 , 27 June 1972 , pp. 637 - 645
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© 1972 Cambridge University Press

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