SURFACE-WAVE PROPAGATION OVER PLANE-LAYERED DIELECTRICS

1963 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 405-413
Author(s):  
D. Morris

A two-layer dielectric system, consisting of a thin polystyrene sheet on top of water, is examined as a possible guiding structure for surface waves. Experimental investigations, at a frequency of 9.35 Gc/sec, of the phase velocity of the waves close to the surface of the upper layer, and the power variation with height above it, are described. A slow wave was found to propagate near the surface and its phase velocity was found to agree with that predicted theoretically for a TM surface wave. Qualitative agreement between the experimental and theoretical power variation with height confirmed the existence of a surface-wave contribution to the total field above such a layered dielectric system.

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (20) ◽  
pp. 2713-2728 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. R. MAHMOUD ◽  
A. M. ABD-ALLA ◽  
M. A. EL-SHEIKH

In the present paper, we have studied the propagation of axial symmetric cylindrical surface waves through rotating cylindrical bore in a micropolar porous medium of infinite extent possessing cubic symmetry. The frequency equation for surface wave propagation in the micropolar porous medium has been derived and liquid filled bore are derived. The effect of the rotation on phase velocity of surface wave has been studied in detail. Radius of bore and other material parameters for empty and liquid filled bore are derived. A particular case of interest has been deduced. Numerical results have been obtained and illustrated graphically to understand the behavior of phase velocity versus wave number of a wave. The results have indicated that the effect of rotation on phase velocity is highly pronounced. Comparisons are made in the absence of rotation.


2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 1053-1075 ◽  
Author(s):  
Je-Yuan Hsu ◽  
Ren-Chieh Lien ◽  
Eric A. D’Asaro ◽  
Thomas B. Sanford

AbstractSeven subsurface Electromagnetic Autonomous Profiling Explorer (EM-APEX) floats measured the voltage induced by the motional induction of seawater under Typhoon Fanapi in 2010. Measurements were processed to estimate high-frequency oceanic velocity variance associated with surface waves. Surface wave peak frequency fp and significant wave height Hs are estimated by a nonlinear least squares fitting to , assuming a broadband JONSWAP surface wave spectrum. The Hs is further corrected for the effects of float rotation, Earth’s geomagnetic field inclination, and surface wave propagation direction. The fp is 0.08–0.10 Hz, with the maximum fp of 0.10 Hz in the rear-left quadrant of Fanapi, which is ~0.02 Hz higher than in the rear-right quadrant. The Hs is 6–12 m, with the maximum in the rear sector of Fanapi. Comparing the estimated fp and Hs with those assuming a single dominant surface wave yields differences of more than 0.02 Hz and 4 m, respectively. The surface waves under Fanapi simulated in the WAVEWATCH III (ww3) model are used to assess and compare to float estimates. Differences in the surface wave spectra of JONSWAP and ww3 yield uncertainties of <5% outside Fanapi’s eyewall and >10% within the eyewall. The estimated fp is 10% less than the simulated before the passage of Fanapi’s eye and 20% less after eye passage. Most differences between Hs and simulated are <2 m except those in the rear-left quadrant of Fanapi, which are ~5 m. Surface wave estimates are important for guiding future model studies of tropical cyclone wave–ocean interactions.


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