WATER WAVES ON A BILINEAR SHEAR CURRENT
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Keywords

current
bilinear shear current
shear current

How to Cite

Dalrymple, R. A. (1974). WATER WAVES ON A BILINEAR SHEAR CURRENT. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(14), 36. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v14.36

Abstract

A water wave theory is presented to describe waves propagating on a bilinear shear current flowing in the direction of the waves. The theory is derived assuming an ideal fluid in which a current exists, having a vertical velocity profile which varies linearly from a mean water level velocity of Ug, an interfacial velocity Uj at depth, d, and a bottom velocity Uj$. The theory is developed first for small amplitude waves and then extended to any arbitrary order by a numerical perturbation technique for symmetric waves. For measured waves, an irregular form of the theory is presented to provide a representation of these waves for analysis.
https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v14.36
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