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Parametrically excited, standing cross-waves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2006

John Miles
John Miles
Affiliation:
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Abstract

Luke's (1967) variational formulation for surface waves is extended to incorporate the motion of a wavemaker and applied to the cross-wave problem. Whitham's average-Lagrangian method then is invoked to obtain the evolution equations for the slowly varying complex amplitude of the parametrically excited cross-wave that is associated with symmetric excitation of standing waves in a rectangular tank of width π/k, length l and depth d for which kl = O(1) and kd [Gt ] 1. These evolution equations are Hamiltonian and isomorphic to those for parametric excitation of surface waves in a cylinder that is subjected to a vertical oscillation, for which phase-plane trajectories, stability criteria and the effects of damping are known (Miles 1984a). The formulation and results differ from those of Garrett (1970) in consequence of his linearization of the boundary condition at the wavemaker and his neglect of self-interaction of the cross-waves in the free-surface conditions (although Garrett does incorporate self-interaction in his calculation of the equilibrium amplitude of the cross-waves). These differences have only a small effect on the criterion for the stability of plane waves, but the self-interaction is crucial for the determination of the stability of the cross-waves.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 186 , January 1988 , pp. 119 - 127
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© 1988 Cambridge University Press

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