Transfiguration of Surf Ace Waves

OKABEmeasurements are expressed non-dimensionally in terms of a1. 2 / D (the ordinate) and rrD/Jc (the abscissa), where D is the diameter of the sphere, and l the representative wave length of the standing waves, the value of which is computed with the aid of the relationship between the wave velocity and the wave length in the case when the gravity and the sqrface tension of water are equally significant.Thus rrD/), is the approximate wave number of the standing waves distributed along the equator of the sphere.Through this physical consideration, all the results of the measurements can be reduced into a single curve of a1.,/ D vs. nD/l.. * If we put g = 980 cm/sec 2 , T = 74 dyne/cm, and P = 1 g/cm3, we obtain c111 = 23.2cm/sec, and ).m = 1.727 cm,