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Note on the effect of surface tension on water waves at an inertial surface

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

P. F. Rhodes-Robinson
P. F. Rhodes-Robinson
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Victoria University of Wellington. New Zealand
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Abstract

This note is to show that in the presence of surface tension small progressive waves can always exist in water having an inertial surface composed of uniformly distributed floating particles, in contrast to the known result in the absence of surface tension that precludes propagation under a surface that is too heavy.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 125 , December 1982 , pp. 375 - 377
Copyright
© 1982 Cambridge University Press

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