Vol 6 - Landau+Lifschitz - Fluid Mechanics · Problem 25.1

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Physics — Landau & Lifshitz · damping-of-gravity-waves

Problem

Determine the damping coefficient for long gravity waves propagated in a channel with constant cross-section; the frequency is supposed so large that

\sqrt{(v/\omega)}

is small compared with the depth of the fluid in the channel and the width of the channel.