CORRELATION OF MICRO- AND MACROSCOPIC STRUCTURES OF WIND WAVES AND DIFFERENTIAL ROUGHENING AND SMOOTHING OF SURFACE WAVES BY WIND

Simultaneous measurements were conducted in a wind-wave tank of the ripple slopes with an optical instrument and of the carrier-wave profiles with a wave-height gage. The experiments were conducted under various wind conditions: either steady or unsteady wind blowing over pre-existing regular surface waves. The data were analyzed to determine the slope distributions of ripples located on various portions of the carrier-wave profiles under steady wind, and the differential roughening and smoothing of the carrier waves under unsteady wind. The influences of pre-existing waves on the structure of the wind boundary layer, and on the slope statistics of ripples were also studied. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  Hydronautics, Incorporated

  7210 Pindel School Road
  Laurel, MD  United States  20810
• Authors:
  • Wu, Jingxian
• Publication Date: 1973-11

Media Info

• Pagination: 42 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Measurement; Wave height; Wave measurement; Waves; Wind waves
• Old TRIS Terms: Regular waves; Wave slope measurement
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00054098
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: TR-7211-6 Tech Rpt
• Contract Numbers: N00014-72-C-0509
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 1974 12:00AM