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...ing Mathematics, 3(3), 173–179.</ref><ref>Smith, P. (1969). On steady long waves on a viscous liquid at small Reynolds number. Journal of Engineering Mathem ...

...n|Dimensionless number indicating the nonlinearity of long surface gravity waves on a fluid layer.}} ...rst=F | last=Ursell | title=The long-wave paradox in the theory of gravity waves | journal=Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society | pages=685–69 ...

In [[fluid dynamics]], the '''wave height''' of a [[ocean surface wave|surface wave]] is the difference between the [[elevation]]s of a [[crest (physics)| ...rdized [[statistic]] to denote the characteristic height of the [[random]] waves in a ''[[sea state]]'', including [[wind wave|wind sea]] and [[swell (ocean ...

...sion|url=https://www.nde-ed.org/Physics/Waves/modeconversion.xhtml|website=Waves}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> Thus, for example, ...rated. The incident wave is thus converted into reflected longitudinal and surface wave. ...

...short-lived [[Standing wave | standing waves]] are generated upon a sample surface.<ref name="MyUser_Orensteinlab.berkeley.edu_December_19_2016c">{{cite web | ...racted or reflected probe beam will converge at a baseline level, where no surface acoustic wave is interfering with the diffraction or reflection of the prob ...

{{short description|Very long, low frequency waves found near the equator}} ...waves''', often called planetary waves, are very long, low frequency water waves found near the equator and are derived using the equatorial beta plane appr ...

...n the approximate boundary conditions for the electromagnetic field on the surface of well conducting bodies" [title translated from Russian]. In a book: B. A ...<ref>F. G. Bass, "Boundary conditions for the electromagnetic field at the surface with arbitrary dielectric constant," Radio Eng. Electron., vol. 5, no. 3, p ...

{{For|kinematic waves in traffic flow|Traffic flow}} ...ves, avalanches, debris flows, mud flows, flash floods, etc., '''kinematic waves''' are important mathematical tools to understand the basic features of the ...

'''Structural acoustics''' is the study of the mechanical [[wave|waves]] in [[structures]] and how they interact with and radiate into adjacent me ===Compressional and shear waves (isotropic, homogeneous material)=== ...

{{short description|Non-local model for non-linear dispersive waves}} ==Water waves== ...

...-0-521-89307-7}}.</ref> Given the average density of rocks at the Earth's surface and profiles of the [[P-wave]] and [[S-wave]] speeds as function of depth, ...smic body waves are compressional waves ([[P-waves]]) and shear waves ([[S-waves]]). Both have speeds that are determined by the [[Elasticity (physics)|elas ...

...thquake]]. It is based on measurements of [[Rayleigh wave|Rayleigh surface waves]] that travel along the uppermost layers of the Earth. This magnitude scale | title=SURFACE-WAVE MAGNITUDE (M_S) AND BODY-WAVE MAGNITUDE (mb) ...

For a non-rotating fluid, shallow water waves are affected only by gravity (see [[Gravity wave]]), where the [[phase velo When the fluid is rotating, gravity waves with a long enough wavelength (discussed below) will also be affected by ro ...

...al cases of [[tetrahedroid]]s which are in turn special cases of [[Kummer surface]]s. In projective coordinates (''w'':''x'':''y'':''z'') the wave surface is given by ...

...first4=K. |last5=Janssen |first5=P. |title=Dynamics and modelling of ocean waves |date=1996 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9780511628955 |pages ...ich can give rise to an energy flux between the air and the water. For the waves to grow, a higher pressure on the windward side of the wave, in comparison ...

...ription|Waves created by the redirection of supersonic flow along a curved surface}} ...where {{mvar|M}} is the Mach number immediately before the wave. Expansion waves are divergent because as the flow expands the value of Mach number increase ...

...last = Averkiev| first = N. S. and Dyakonov, M. I.| title =Electromagnetic waves localized at the interface of transparent anisotropic media |journal =Optic ...previously known electromagnetic surface waves, [[surface plasmons]] and [[surface plasmon polaritons]], exist under the condition that the [[permittivity]] o ...

{{Short description|Effect by which surface waves entering shallower water change in wave height}} ...elocity]] ''c''_g (red) as a function of water depth ''h'' for [[surface gravity wave]]s of constant [[frequency]], according to [[Airy wave theory] ...

{{Short description|Mathematics of surface waves on a fluid}} ...otion of [[ocean surface wave|surface waves]] on a [[fluid]] with a [[free surface]], under the action of [[Earth's gravity|gravity]]. This principle is named ...

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