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Problem 7.1: Given: Find: Solution

1) The document describes nondimensionalizing an equation for the propagation speed of surface waves in a region of uniform depth. 2) Lengths are divided by a reference length L and velocities are divided by a reference velocity V0 to obtain dimensionless quantities. 3) The resulting nondimensional equation contains two dimensionless groups: the reciprocal of the Froude number and the inverse of the Weber number.

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Problem 7.1: Given: Find: Solution

1) The document describes nondimensionalizing an equation for the propagation speed of surface waves in a region of uniform depth. 2) Lengths are divided by a reference length L and velocities are divided by a reference velocity V0 to obtain dimensionless quantities. 3) The resulting nondimensional equation contains two dimensionless groups: the reciprocal of the Froude number and the inverse of the Weber number.

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Problem 7.

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Given: Equation describing the propagation speed of surface waves in a region of uniform depth
Find: Nondimensionalization for the equation using length scale L and velocity scale Vo. Obtain the dimensionless
groups that characterize the flow.
Solution: To nondimensionalize the equation all lengths are divided by the reference length and all velocities are divided by
the reference velocity. Denoting the nondimensional quantities by an asterisk:
 h c
*  h*  c* 
L L V0

  2 g* L  2h* L
Substituting into the governing equation: c V 
* 2
   
2 
tanh Simplifying this expression:
 L * L
0 *

  2 gL *  2h*
c*    tanh *
2
 2
 LV0  V0 2 
2 *

g L σ
The dimensionless group is which is the reciprocal of the square of the Froude number, and
2 2
V0 ρ L V0

which is the inverse of the Weber number.

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