In fluid dynamics, Luke's variational principle is a Lagrangian variational description of the motion of surface waves on a fluid with a free surface,...

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in Luke's variational principle, a variational description of free-surface flows using the Lagrangian mechanics. Bernoulli developed his principle from...

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and a fixed sea bed at z=−h(x,y),{\displaystyle z=-h(x,y),} Luke's variational principle δL=0{\displaystyle \delta {\mathcal {L}}=0} uses the Lagrangian...

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equation) Korteweg–de Vries equation (also known as KdV equation) Luke's variational principle Nonlinear Schrödinger equation Shallow water equations Stokes'...

the Clebsch representation leads to a rotational-flow form of Luke's variational principle. For the Clebsch representation to be possible, the vector field...

Iribarren number Kelvin wave Kinematic wave Longshore drift Luke's variational principle Mild-slope equation Radiation stress Rogue wave Rossby wave Rossby-gravity...