Chaotic particle motion under linear surface waves.
We investigate the motion of infinitesimal particles in the flow field inside the fluid under a traveling surface wave. It is shown that, even for two-dimensional waves, a superposition of two or more traveling harmonic waves is enough to generate chaotic particle motion, i.e., Lagrangian chaos. (c) 1996 American Institute of Physics.
Bohr
Tomas
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Center for Chaos and Turbulence Studies, The Niels Bohr Institute, Blegdamsvej 17, 2100 Copenhagen \O, Denmark.
Hansen
Jonas Lundbek
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