On Surface Gravity Wave Energies ()
ABSTRACT
Kinetic
and potential energies of a propagating surface gravity wave are calculated for
the orbiting fluid particles. These energies are then compared with the
respective standard theoretical quantities. Based on earlier work, it is concluded that the two sets
of energies will not agree. To substantiate the prediction observations are
needed, or a new theory for the depth decay rate of the particle orbits would
work. Considerably less algebraic effort is involved in the present analysis
than what was done in the past.