A bow wave is the wave that forms at the bow of a ship when it moves through the water. As the bow wave spreads out, it defines the outer limits of a...
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of the bulbous bow can be explained using the concept of destructive interference of waves: A conventionally shaped bow causes a bow wave. A bulb alone...
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the boundary (bow shock) of a magnetosphere. The name "bow shock" comes from the example of a bow wave, the detached shock formed at the bow (front) of a...
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Hull speed (category Water waves)
of a vessel's bow wave is equal to the waterline length of the vessel. As boat speed increases from rest, the wavelength of the bow wave increases, and...
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for making waves is transferred to water through the bow and stern parts. Simply speaking, these two wave systems, i.e., bow and stern waves, interact...
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astrophysics, bow shocks are shock waves in regions where the conditions of density and pressure change dramatically due to blowing stellar wind. Bow shock occurs...
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A wave-piercing boat hull has a very fine bow, with reduced buoyancy in the forward portions. When a wave is encountered, the lack of buoyancy means the...
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little reserve buoyancy and tend to dive under waves instead of piercing or going over them. Inverted bows were popular on battleships and large cruisers...
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funnel could seem to be a false bow wave, creating a misleading impression of the ship's speed. And the striped patterns at bow and stern could create confusion...
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Bow Wow Wow are an English new wave band, created by manager Malcolm McLaren in 1980. McLaren recruited members of Adam and the Ants to form the band...
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Heliosphere (section Bow shock)
observations. IBEX data did not support the existence of a bow shock, but there might be a 'bow wave' according to one study. Examples of missions that have...
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Bow Wave is an outdoor fountain and sculpture by Malcolm Leland, installed at San Diego's Civic Center Plaza, in the U.S. state of California, in 1972...
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This is the discography of English new wave band Bow Wow Wow. This is a different album from the RCA release. This release comprises the Your Cassette...
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The axe bow is a wave-piercing type of a ship's bow, characterised by a vertical stem and a relatively long and narrow entry (front hull). The forefoot...
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lift is well known; "planing" boats reduce drag by "surfing" on their own bow wave in exactly the same fashion. Using this effect in aircraft is more difficult...
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Clara Gordon Bow (/boʊ/; July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom during the silent film era of the 1920s and successfully...
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the wave propagation speed, the wave rapidly dissipates to the sides. As the hull approaches the wave propagation speed, however, the wake at the bow begins...
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building a bow wave with the application of power. Long narrow hulls, such as those of catamarans, surpass hull speed by piercing through the bow wave. Hull...
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vessel's properties, such as how much water it displaces, where the bow and stern waves occur, hull speed, amount of bottom-paint needed, etc. Traditionally...
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thousands of years. It is thought that a hot bow wave of compressed plasma/gas is the cause of the tail; the bow wave is a result of the interaction of the stellar...
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small bow waves and wakes, a consequence of a favorable Froude number. Vessels with beamy hulls (typically monohulls) normally create a large bow wave and...
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major damage. They can also become derechos or form Line echo wave pattern (LEWP). The term "bow echo" was first used by Theodore Fujita in his May 1978 paper...
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testing[citation needed] as a result of encapsulation impeding white-box testing. A “bow wave” of technical debt that can cause a project to fail. There are four basic...
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Cotswolds region of England Bow-wow theory, theory regarding the origins of human sounds Bow Wow Wow, a UK new wave band "Bow Wow Wow" (song), by Funkdoobiest...
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uses its width to gain stability. Its five slim hulls create virtually no bow wave, thus obviating the "hull speed' limitation of displacement craft. The...
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A bow shock, also called a detached shock or bowed normal shock, is a curved propagating disturbance wave characterized by an abrupt, nearly discontinuous...
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It is designed for a minimum of disturbance of the sediment surface by bow wave effects which is important for quantitative investigations of the benthic...
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axial load while delivering fuel. The problem was caused by the turbulent "bow wave effect" generated by two large aircraft flying in line. In January 2016...
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bows exist. These include: notable bow types Straight-stem bow plumb bow raked bow flared bow clipper bow or "Aberdeen bow" Bulbous bow Inverted bow Ram...
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