Ok, From what I gater with water, In an
ideal world the formula for wave height and propogation looks something like:
velocity = squareroot of [ (gravity * wavelength ) / ( 2 * pi )] tanh [ 2 * pi * ( depth / wavelength) ]
Stokes' Laws deal with calculating the motons of a sphere of known diameter in a fluid of known viscosity and density when subjected to an acceleration feild of known strength in an
ideal world:
Velocity = ( 2 * Acceleration Feild Strength * radius of particle ^2 ) * ( particle density - fluid density ) / 9 * viscosity of medium
and also with knowing the force necessary to move a sphere of known diameter through a fluid of known viscosity and density at a specific speed:
Force = 6 * pi *Radius of the sphere * viscosity of medium * Velocity
Notes:
^x = an exponential value -- ex squared is ^2, cubed ^3
Acceleration = {distance/time^2} -- ex gravity is roughly 9.8m/second^2
"
Ideal world" means a continuous fluid that never stops in all directions.
There are correction formulas for Stokes laws (which I don't know offhand
) that deal with the spheres moving slower though confined spaces because the liquid has to compress against the walls of the container to allow the shere to pass.
That help?
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