a surface wave is a mechanical wave that propagates along the interface between differing media. A common example is gravity waves along the surface of... 24 KB (2,977 words) - 11:35, 20 April 2024 |
In fluid dynamics, a wind wave, or wind-generated water wave, is a surface wave that occurs on the free surface of bodies of water as a result of the... 49 KB (6,141 words) - 21:49, 14 April 2024 |
body waves—the primary (P waves) and secondary waves (S waves)—and surface waves, such as Rayleigh waves, Love waves, and Stoneley waves. A shock wave is... 62 KB (7,927 words) - 19:47, 24 April 2024 |
The surface wave magnitude ( M s {\displaystyle M_{s}} ) scale is one of the magnitude scales used in seismology to describe the size of an earthquake... 7 KB (921 words) - 08:30, 19 May 2023 |
machine that exploits wave power is a wave energy converter (WEC). Waves are generated primarily by wind passing over the sea's surface and also by tidal... 54 KB (6,025 words) - 02:05, 22 April 2024 |
established around the shock wave, with the control surfaces that bound this volume parallel to the shock wave (with one surface on the pre-shock side of... 31 KB (3,954 words) - 22:55, 11 April 2024 |
Surface wave detection by animals is the process by which animals, such as surface-feeding fish are able to sense and localize prey and other objects on... 26 KB (3,655 words) - 13:23, 27 August 2021 |
Surface acoustic wave sensors are a class of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) which rely on the modulation of surface acoustic waves to sense a physical... 12 KB (1,710 words) - 14:07, 6 March 2024 |
A surface-wave-sustained discharge is a plasma that is excited by propagation of electromagnetic surface waves. Surface wave plasma sources can be divided... 3 KB (443 words) - 10:00, 3 January 2024 |
Seismic magnitude scales (redirect from Body-wave magnitude) Surface waves propagate along the Earth's surface, and are principally either Rayleigh waves or Love waves. For shallow earthquakes the surface waves... 53 KB (5,868 words) - 04:28, 6 April 2024 |
Evanescent field (redirect from Evanescent Wave) very close to the interface; for that reason, it is referred to as a surface wave. However, despite energy flowing horizontally, along the vertical there... 23 KB (3,160 words) - 11:08, 4 March 2024 |
Dyakonov surface waves (DSWs) are surface electromagnetic waves that travel along the interface in between an isotropic and an uniaxial-birefringent medium... 12 KB (1,561 words) - 00:03, 18 February 2024 |
Rayleigh waves are a type of surface acoustic wave that travel along the surface of solids. They can be produced in materials in many ways, such as by... 16 KB (2,158 words) - 16:14, 9 May 2023 |
Ground waves are radio waves propagating parallel to and adjacent to the surface of the Earth, following the curvature of the Earth beyond the visible... 7 KB (939 words) - 14:08, 18 April 2024 |
Seismology (redirect from Detection of seismic waves) transverse elastic waves because of their low shear strength, so S-waves only travel in solids. Surface waves are the result of P- and S-waves interacting with... 35 KB (3,975 words) - 07:49, 13 April 2024 |
Crest and trough (redirect from Wave crest) A Crest point on a wave is the maximum value of upward displacement within a cycle. A crest is a point on a surface wave where the displacement of the... 1 KB (143 words) - 04:09, 13 March 2024 |
capillary wave is a wave traveling along the phase boundary of a fluid, whose dynamics and phase velocity are dominated by the effects of surface tension... 18 KB (1,434 words) - 19:28, 23 March 2024 |
Bloch's theorem (redirect from Bloch surface waves) Schrödinger equation in a periodic potential can be expressed as plane waves modulated by periodic functions. The theorem is named after the Swiss physicist... 36 KB (6,051 words) - 12:32, 23 April 2024 |
Airy wave theory (often referred to as linear wave theory) gives a linearised description of the propagation of gravity waves on the surface of a homogeneous... 49 KB (5,459 words) - 18:30, 21 April 2024 |