2008/10/09 by Romain Vasseur, Matthieu Mercier, Vasseur, Romain +3
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn) #Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes #physics.flu-dyn
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0810.1702
arxiv created 2008/10/09 · openalex publication_date 2008/10/09 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We present fluid dynamics videos of the motion of a boat on a two-layer or three-layer fluid. Under certain specific conditions, this setup generates large amplitude interfacial waves, while no surface waves are visible. The boat is slowed down leading to a peristaltic effect and sometimes even stopped: this is the so-called dead water phenomenon.