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A note on particle trajectories in the highest wave

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

M. A. Srokosz
M. A. Srokosz
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanographic Science, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey GU8 5UB
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Abstract

The series expansion procedure of Michel (1893) is used to calculate the highest wave solution and corresponding particle trajectories. The results are compared with those obtained by Longuet-Higgins (1979) using the ‘hexagon’ approximation for the highest deep-water wave. Reasonable agreement is found between the two sets of results.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 111 , October 1981 , pp. 491 - 495
Copyright
© 1981 Cambridge University Press

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