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Particle trajectories in linear water waves

Constantin, Adrian LU and Villari, Gabriele (2008) In Journal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics 10(1). p.1-18
Abstract
We prove that in linear periodic gravity water waves there are no closed orbits for the water particles in the fluid. Each particle experiences per period a backward-forward motion that leads overall to a forward drift.
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water waves, particle trajectory, linear theory
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Journal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics
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10
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1
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Birkhäuser
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ISSN
1422-6928
DOI
10.1007/s00021-005-0214-2
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English
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  series       = {{Journal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics}},
  title        = {{Particle trajectories in linear water waves}},
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  doi          = {{10.1007/s00021-005-0214-2}},
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