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  2. Stokes problem - Wikipedia

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    The disturbance created by the oscillating plate travels as the transverse wave through the fluid, but it is highly damped by the exponential factor. The depth of penetration δ = 2 ν / ω {\displaystyle \delta ={\sqrt {2\nu /\omega }}} of this wave decreases with the frequency of the oscillation, but increases with the kinematic viscosity of ...

  3. Limiting amplitude principle - Wikipedia

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    The choice is made by considering a particular time-dependent problem of the forced oscillations due to the action of a periodic force. The principle was introduced by Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov and Alexander Andreevich Samarskii. [1] It is closely related to the limiting absorption principle (1905) and the Sommerfeld radiation condition (1912).

  4. Stokes drift - Wikipedia

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    k is the wave number: k = 2π/λ (radians per meter), ω is the angular frequency: ω = 2π/T (radians per second), x is the horizontal coordinate and the wave propagation direction (meters), z is the vertical coordinate, with the positive z direction pointing out of the fluid layer (meters), λ is the wave length (meters), T is the wave period .

  5. List of equations in wave theory - Wikipedia

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    Position of a point in space, not necessarily a point on the wave profile or any line of propagation d, r: m [L] Wave profile displacement Along propagation direction, distance travelled (path length) by one wave from the source point r 0 to any point in space d (for longitudinal or transverse waves) L, d, r

  6. Modulational instability - Wikipedia

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    The nonlinear Schrödinger equation is constructed by removing the carrier wave of the light being modelled, and so the frequency of the light being perturbed is formally zero. Therefore, ω m {\displaystyle \omega _{m}} and k m {\displaystyle k_{m}} don't represent absolute frequencies and wavenumbers, but the difference between these and ...

  7. Stationary phase approximation - Wikipedia

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    Therefore it is the question of estimating away the integral over, say, [,]. [ 2 ] This is the model for all one-dimensional integrals I ( k ) {\displaystyle I(k)} with f {\displaystyle f} having a single non-degenerate critical point at which f {\displaystyle f} has second derivative > 0 {\displaystyle >0} .

  8. Wheeler–Feynman absorber theory - Wikipedia

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    The resulting wave appears to have a preferred time direction, because it respects causality. However, this is only an illusion. Indeed, it is always possible to reverse the time direction by simply exchanging the labels emitter and absorber. Thus, the apparently preferred time direction results from the arbitrary labelling.

  9. Undertow (water waves) - Wikipedia

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    An exact relation for the mass flux of a nonlinear periodic wave on an inviscid fluid layer was established by Levi-Civita in 1924. [9] In a frame of reference according to Stokes' first definition of wave celerity, the mass flux of the wave is related to the wave's kinetic energy density (integrated over depth and thereafter averaged over wavelength) and phase speed through: