Open AccessHYDRODYNAMIC FIELD OF A WAVE AT CONSTANT DEPTH
Author(s) -
H. Bureste,
Ch. Chartier
Publication year - 1954
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v5.3
Subject(s) - flume , sink (geography) , metre , wave flume , constant (computer programming) , field (mathematics) , mechanics , geology , environmental science , optics , physics , breaking wave , computer science , wave propagation , geography , mathematics , flow (mathematics) , cartography , astronomy , pure mathematics , programming language
We have used chronophotographic methods with aluminum powder to record wave motion. In this method, it is necessary to photograph fine selected and prepared particles which sink slowly but which are nevertheless large enough to reflect light through about half a meter of water in the wave flume.