Open AccessTidal friction in the Irish Sea
Publication year - 1919
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series a, containing papers of a mathematical and physical character
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9150
pISSN - 0950-1207
DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1919.0059
Subject(s) - irish sea , square (algebra) , centimeter , spring (device) , dissipation , irish , range (aeronautics) , oceanography , geology , physics , materials science , mathematics , thermodynamics , astronomy , geometry , linguistics , philosophy , composite material
The rate of dissipation of energy at spring tides in the Irish Sea is calculated from the known formulæ for skin friction of the wind on the ground and the friction of rivers on their beds. The results range from 1040 ergs to 1300 ergs per square centimetre per second. The least of these is 150 times as great as Mr. Street’s previous estimate of 7 ergs per square centimetre per second.