ROUGH SEA FOAM

被引：52

作者：

NEWELL, AC

ZAKHAROV, VE

机构：

[1] Arizona Center for Mathematical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1992年 / 69卷 / 08期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.1149

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

A simple theory is developed for rough seas in which the energy cascade towards small scales is too much for a surface tension dominated wrinkling of the surface to handle. We suggest that a new phase, consisting of an air-water foam, is created and becomes the principal medium for energy dissipation. The foam depth and droplet size are calculated and we suggest how the predicted dependence on energy flux and surface tension could be verified experimentally.

引用

页码：1149 / 1151

页数：3

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