fluid dynamics, gravity waves are waves generated in a fluid medium or at the interface between two media when the force of gravity or buoyancy tries...
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gravity–capillary waves which are influenced by both the effects of surface tension and gravity, as well as by fluid inertia. Ordinary gravity waves have...
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the waves Anti-gravity Artificial gravity First observation of gravitational waves Gravitational plane wave Gravitational field Gravitational-wave astronomy...
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Internal waves are gravity waves that oscillate within a fluid medium, rather than on its surface. To exist, the fluid must be stratified: the density...
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phase speeds. Water waves, in this context, are waves propagating on the water surface, with gravity and surface tension as the restoring forces. As a...
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Rossby-gravity waves are equatorially trapped waves (much like Kelvin waves), meaning that they rapidly decay as their distance increases away from the...
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of mechanical waves are seismic waves, gravity waves, surface waves and string vibrations. In an electromagnetic wave (such as light), coupling between...
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Wind waves in the ocean are also called ocean surface waves and are mainly gravity waves, where gravity is the main equilibrium force. Wind waves have...
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means that gravitational waves obey a massive wave equation and hence travel at speeds below the speed of light. Massive gravity has a long and winding...
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connection with standing waves and even random waves. The examples below describe Stokes waves under the action of gravity (without surface tension effects)...
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