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Wind velocity distribution over wind-generated water waves
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The results of laboratory investigations conducted to study the wind dynamics above wind-generated water waves are presented in this article, and available field measurements strongly suggest a logarithmic law for the wind-velocity distribution in the region close to the perturbed water surface.About:
This article is published in Coastal Engineering.The article was published on 1977-01-01. It has received 3 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Wind wave & Wind stress.read more
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An experimental investigation of the near surface flow over air-water and air-solid interfaces
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the similarities and dissimilarities of the airflow structure over water and solid surfaces for smooth and wavy conditions, and found that the level of enhancement of normalized Reynolds stress, rates of energy production, and dissipation from the free-stream region toward the surface is higher over the water surface especially in the presence of waves as compared to that over the solid surface.
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Impact of Wave Dynamics on the Coast Of Ghana
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An experimental investigation of the near surface flow structure over wind-sheared water surface
TL;DR: In this paper, a series of laboratory experiments were conducted over a wind speed range of 1.5 m s -1 to 4.4 m s-1 and at a fetch of 2.1 m. The results showed a reduction in the mean velocity magnitudes and the tangential stresses when gravity waves appeared on the water surface.
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Boundary layer theory
TL;DR: The flow laws of the actual flows at high Reynolds numbers differ considerably from those of the laminar flows treated in the preceding part, denoted as turbulence as discussed by the authors, and the actual flow is very different from that of the Poiseuille flow.
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Wind stress on a water surface
TL;DR: In this paper, the vertical distribution of horizontal mean wind in the lowest 8 metres over a reservoir (1·6 km × 1 km) has been measured using sensitive anemometers freely exposed from a fixed mast in water 16 m deep, the fetch being more than 1 km.
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On the generation of surface waves by shear flows
TL;DR: In this paper, an approximate solution to the boundary value problem is developed for a logarithmic profile and the corresponding spectral distribution of the energy transfer coefficient calculated as a function of wave speed.
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Shearing flow over a wavy boundary
TL;DR: In this paper, a theoretical study is made of shearing flows bounded by a simple-harmonic wavy surface, the main object being to calculate the normal and tangential stresses on the boundary.
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Wind-induced drift currents
TL;DR: In this article, the Stokes mass transport, related to wave characteristics, is only a small component of the surface drift in laboratory tanks and the fraction of the wind stress supported by the wave drag seems to vary with the wind and wave conditions.
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