Abstract
In a previous paper (1953b) it was shown theoretically that just below the boundary layer at the surface of a free wave the mass-transport gradient should be exactly twice that given by Stokes's irrotational theory. The present paper describes careful experiments which confirm the higher value of the gradient.The results have an implication for any oscillatory boundary layer at the free surface of a fluid; such a boundary layer must generate a second-order mean vorticity which diffuses inwards into the interior of the fluid.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics
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