Stokes – using a perturbation series approach, now known as the Stokes expansion – obtained approximate solutions for nonlinear wave motion. Stokes's... 75 KB (8,191 words) - 18:30, 21 April 2024 |
Stokes shift Stokes stream function Stokes' theorem Stokes wave Campbell–Stokes recorder Navier–Stokes equations Stokes Bay (disambiguation) Stokes Township... 2 KB (260 words) - 15:11, 9 February 2023 |
is named after George Gabriel Stokes, who derived expressions for this drift in his 1847 study of water waves. The Stokes drift is the difference in end... 17 KB (2,218 words) - 18:30, 21 April 2024 |
Stokes, 1st Baronet, FRS (/stoʊks/; 13 August 1819 – 1 February 1903) was an Irish physicist and mathematician. Born in County Sligo, Ireland, Stokes... 51 KB (5,660 words) - 14:21, 10 April 2024 |
This is a list of wave topics. Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z... 10 KB (37 words) - 10:52, 7 November 2023 |
defined. Stokes already identified two possible definitions of phase velocity for periodic nonlinear waves: Stokes first definition of wave celerity (S1)... 49 KB (5,459 words) - 18:30, 21 April 2024 |
Ursell number (category Water waves) Ursell number is derived from the Stokes wave expansion, a perturbation series for nonlinear periodic waves, in the long-wave limit of shallow water – when... 4 KB (435 words) - 16:16, 18 March 2024 |
Stokes parameters are a set of values that describe the polarization state of electromagnetic radiation. They were defined by George Gabriel Stokes in... 22 KB (4,091 words) - 18:44, 29 March 2024 |
the Coriolis–Stokes force is a forcing of the mean flow in a rotating fluid due to interaction of the Coriolis effect and wave-induced Stokes drift. This... 4 KB (543 words) - 20:15, 23 December 2023 |
The wave base, in physical oceanography, is the maximum depth at which a water wave's passage causes significant water motion. At water depths deeper... 3 KB (429 words) - 13:56, 29 October 2023 |
stress Rogue wave Rossby wave Rossby-gravity waves Sea state Seiche Significant wave height Soliton Stokes boundary layer Stokes drift Stokes wave Swell Trochoidal... 1 KB (119 words) - 00:52, 23 May 2023 |
Nonlinear Schrödinger equation Shallow water equations Stokes' wave theory Trochoidal wave Wave turbulence Whitham equation Pond, S.; Pickard, G.L. (1978)... 30 KB (3,361 words) - 18:22, 21 April 2024 |
reference according to Stokes' first definition of wave celerity, the mass flux M w {\displaystyle M_{w}} of the wave is related to the wave's kinetic energy... 12 KB (1,386 words) - 18:31, 21 April 2024 |
For nonlinear waves, the particle paths are not closed, as found by George Gabriel Stokes in 1847, see the original paper by Stokes. Or in Phillips... 49 KB (6,141 words) - 21:49, 14 April 2024 |
This is a list of waves named after people (eponymous waves). Eponym List of eponymous laws Waves Scientific phenomena named after people Truesdell, C... 2 KB (48 words) - 17:35, 28 May 2023 |
century the Navier–Stokes equations for the description of viscous flow were developed by Saint-Venant, Navier and Stokes. Stokes derived the drag around... 39 KB (5,530 words) - 13:57, 16 April 2024 |
drift Stokes expansion, see section about Stokes expansion Stokes flow Stokes number Stokes' paradox Stokes radius Stokes stream function Stokes wave Stokes... 2 KB (148 words) - 11:26, 30 April 2022 |
a fluid Stokes drift – Average velocity of a fluid parcel in a gravity wave Undertow (water waves) – Return flow below (nearshore) water waves. Ursell... 2 KB (225 words) - 19:04, 14 January 2024 |
The Stokes number (Stk), named after George Gabriel Stokes, is a dimensionless number characterising the behavior of particles suspended in a fluid flow... 15 KB (2,163 words) - 06:18, 11 March 2024 |
Coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy, also called Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering spectroscopy (CARS), is a form of spectroscopy used primarily... 18 KB (2,457 words) - 06:37, 27 November 2023 |
Adams–Stokes syndrome, Stokes–Adams syndrome or Gerbec–Morgagni–Adams–Stokes syndrome is a periodic fainting spell in which there is intermittent complete... 5 KB (547 words) - 23:52, 5 February 2024 |
Anglo-Irish physicist G. G. Stokes, who also developed Stokes's law for the friction force in fluid motion. A generalisation of Stokes attenuation taking into... 6 KB (756 words) - 01:03, 19 March 2024 |