Stability of capillary waves on deep water

1986 ◽  
pp. 199-207
Author(s):  
Benito Chen ◽  
P. G. Saffman
Keyword(s):  
Deep Water ◽  
Capillary Waves

Effects of plane progressive irrotational waves on thermal boundary layers

1971 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Witting
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layers ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Maximum Amplitude ◽  
Capillary Waves ◽  
Temperature Gradients ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Inviscid Incompressible Fluid ◽  
Mean Temperature ◽  
The Waves ◽  
Thermal Boundary Layers

The average changes in the structure of thermal boundary layers at the surface of bodies of water produced by various types of surface waves are computed. the waves are two-dimensional plane progressive irrotational waves of unchanging shape. they include deep-water linear waves, deep-water capillary waves of arbitrary amplitude, stokes waves, and the deep-water gravity wave of maximum amplitude.The results indicate that capillary waves can decrease mean temperature gradients by factors of as much as 9·0, if the average heat flux at the air-water interface is independent of the presence of the waves. Irrotational gravity waves can decrease the mean temperature gradients by factors no more than 1·381.Of possible pedagogical interest is the simplicity of the heat conduction equation for two-dimensional steady irrotational flows in an inviscid incompressible fluid if the velocity potential and the stream function are taken to be the independent variables.

scholarly journals Transverse instability of gravity–capillary solitary waves on deep water in the presence of constant vorticity

2019 ◽  
Vol 871 ◽  
pp. 1028-1043
Author(s):  
M. Abid ◽  
C. Kharif ◽  
H.-C. Hsu ◽  
Y.-Y. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Solitary Wave ◽  
Solitary Waves ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Capillary Waves ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Transverse Instability ◽  
Constant Vorticity ◽  
Dimensional Gravity ◽  
Wave Properties

The bifurcation of two-dimensional gravity–capillary waves into solitary waves when the phase velocity and group velocity are nearly equal is investigated in the presence of constant vorticity. We found that gravity–capillary solitary waves with decaying oscillatory tails exist in deep water in the presence of vorticity. Furthermore we found that the presence of vorticity influences strongly (i) the solitary wave properties and (ii) the growth rate of unstable transverse perturbations. The growth rate and bandwidth instability are given numerically and analytically as a function of the vorticity.

scholarly journals Fourth order nonlinear evolution equations for gravity-capillary waves in the presence of a thin thermocline in deep water

2002 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 513-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suma Debsarma ◽  
K.P. Das
Keyword(s):  
Fourth Order ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Evolution Equations ◽  
Nonlinear Evolution ◽  
Capillary Wave ◽  
Capillary Waves ◽  
Nonlinear Evolution Equations ◽  
Marginal Stability ◽  
Stability And Instability ◽  
The Stability

AbstractFor a three-dimensional gravity capillary wave packet in the presence of a thin thermocline in deep water two coupled nonlinear evolution equations correct to fourth order in wave steepness are obtained. Reducing these two equations to a single equation for oblique plane wave perturbation, the stability of a uniform gravity-capillary wave train is investigated. The stability and instability regions are identified. Expressions for the maximum growth rate of instability and the wavenumber at marginal stability are obtained. The results are shown graphically.

Viscous dissipation in steep capillary–gravity waves

1997 ◽  
Vol 344 ◽  
pp. 271-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHAEL S. LONGUET-HIGGINS
Keyword(s):  
Gravity Waves ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Steady Motion ◽  
Capillary Waves ◽  
Large Wave ◽  
Order Of Magnitude ◽  
Rate Of Decay ◽  
Rates Of Decay ◽  
Work Done ◽  
Viscous Stresses

Some simple but exact general expressions are derived for the viscous stresses required at the surface of irrotational capillary–gravity waves of periodic or solitary type on deep water in order to maintain them in steady motion. These expressions are applied to nonlinear capillary waves, and to capillary–gravity waves of solitary type on deep water. In the case of pure capillary waves some algebraic expressions are found for the work done by the surface stresses, from which it is possible to infer the viscous rate of decay of free, nonlinear capillary waves.Similar calculations are carried out for capillary–gravity waves of solitary type on deep water. It is shown that the limiting rate of decay of a solitary wave at low amplitudes is just twice that for linear, periodic waves. This is due to the spreading out of the wave envelope at low wave steepnesses. At large wave steepnesses the dissipation increases by an order of magnitude, owing to the sharply increased curvature in the wave troughs. The calculated rates of decay are in agreement with recent observations.

The superharmonic normal mode instabilities of nonlinear deep-water capillary waves

1988 ◽  
Vol 190 ◽  
pp. 165-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. J. Hogan
Keyword(s):  
Asymptotic Analysis ◽  
Normal Mode ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Wave Solution ◽  
Capillary Waves ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
First Time

We present results of the calculation of superharmonic normal mode perturbations to the exact nonlinear deep-water capilary wave solution of Crapper (1957). By using the method of Longuet-Higgins (1978a), we are able for the first time to consider all waveheights up to and including the maximum for two-dimensional perturbations. We find agreement with the recent asymptotic analysis of Hogan, Gruman & Stiassnie (1988). Superharmonic instabilities are found at various waveheights less than the maximum.

scholarly journals Resonantly forced gravity–capillary lumps on deep water. Part 1. Experiments

2011 ◽  
Vol 672 ◽  
pp. 268-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAMES D. DIORIO ◽  
YEUNWOO CHO ◽  
JAMES H. DUNCAN ◽  
T. R. AKYLAS
Keyword(s):  
Surface Pressure ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Measurement Techniques ◽  
Phase Speed ◽  
Wave Pattern ◽  
Capillary Waves ◽  
Pressure Amplitude ◽  
Pressure Source ◽  
Nonlinear Features ◽  
Pressure Magnitude

The wave pattern generated by a pressure source moving over the free surface of deep water at speeds, U, below the minimum phase speed for linear gravity–capillary waves, cmin, was investigated experimentally using a combination of photographic measurement techniques. In similar experiments, using a single pressure amplitude, Diorio et al. (Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 103, 2009, 214502) pointed out that the resulting surface response pattern exhibits remarkable nonlinear features as U approaches cmin, and three distinct response states were identified. Here, we present a set of measurements for four surface-pressure amplitudes and provide a detailed quantitative examination of the various behaviours. At low speeds, the pattern resembles the stationary state (U = 0), essentially a circular dimple located directly under the pressure source (called a state I response). At a critical speed, but still below cmin, there is an abrupt transition to a wave-like state (state II) that features a marked increase in the response amplitude and the formation of a localized solitary depression downstream of the pressure source. This solitary depression is steady, elongated in the cross-stream relative to the streamwise direction, and resembles freely propagating gravity–capillary ‘lump’ solutions of potential flow theory on deep water. Detailed measurements of the shape of this depression are presented and compared with computed lump profiles from the literature. The amplitude of the solitary depression decreases with increasing U (another known feature of lumps) and is independent of the surface pressure magnitude. The speed at which the transition from states I to II occurs decreases with increasing surface pressure. For speeds very close to the transition point, time-dependent oscillations are observed and their dependence on speed and pressure magnitude are reported. As the speed approaches cmin, a second transition is observed. Here, the steady solitary depression gives way to an unsteady state (state III), characterized by periodic shedding of lump-like disturbances from the tails of a V-shaped pattern.

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