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Aug 1981
Particle Motion Under Stokes Waves
Authors: Eliezer Kit and Michael StiassnieAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Journal of the Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Division
Volume 107, Issue 3
Abstract
The Eulerian mean velocity (averaged over a wave period) at any point below the wave troughs is exactly zero, thus causing zero mean mass flux across any vertical control section between the bottom and a fixed point deeper than the troughs. The Lagrangian mean velocity of all water particles is a nonzero second order quantity, and is always in the wave propagation direction. At first sight, it seems justified to ask, as probably many students do, how can it be that while all individual particles move forward, the mean mass flux across the control section remains zero? In the present note we present, what is hoped to be, a clear and descriptive answer to this question.
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Journal of the Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Division
Volume 107 • Issue 3 • August 1981
Pages: 202 - 204
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© 1981 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Aug 1981
Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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Eliezer Kit
Research Engr., Coastal and Marine Research Inst., Technion-City, Haifa, Israel
Michael Stiassnie
Senior Lect., Faculty of Civ. Engrg., Technion-Israel Inst. of Tech., Haifa, Israel
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