A laboratory experiment on internal solitary waves

被引：5
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作者：
Bourgault, Daniel [1 ]
Richards, Clark [1 ]
机构：
[1] Mem Univ Newfoundland, Dept Phys & Phys Oceanog, St John, NF A1B 3X7, Canada
来源：
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS | 2007年 / 75卷 / 07期
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D O I：
10.1119/1.2437749
中图分类号：
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号：
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要：
A simple laboratory experiment is designed to show the properties of internal solitary waves. The procedure and analysis are suited for a senior undergraduate laboratory course, though the techniques described may also be used for demonstration purposes in a fluid mechanics course. The measurements collected can be compared to the weakly nonlinear Korteweg-deVries (KdV) theory for the wave shape, lengthscale-amplitude relationship, and phase speed. The experiment provides a good introduction to internal solitary waves in the ocean, along with an exploration of error analysis and the limits of applicability of a theory. (c) 2007 American Association of Physics Teachers.
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页码：666 / 670
页数：5
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