2.6 - Froude Number Effect on Solitary Waves
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What is the Froude number?
💡 Hint: Think about how it relates flow velocity to wave speed.
What happens at Fr < 1?
💡 Hint: Consider how wave behaviors change with fluid speeds.
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What is the Froude number equation?
💡 Hint: Focus on the variables involved with wave and fluid speeds.
True or False: If the Froude number is equal to 1, the waves are stationary.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when flow speed matches wave speed.
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A river has a depth of 2 m, and waves travel at 3.5 m/s. Calculate the Froude number and specify if the flow is subcritical or supercritical.
💡 Hint: Use g = 9.81 m/s² for calculations.
If a wave has a finite amplitude of 0.5 meters in a channel of depth 1.5 meters, how does this affect the speed compared to a wave with small amplitude?
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