On the figure that the wind can induce on a stagnant fluid

2017/12/13 by Bistafa, Sylvio R.
#FOS: Physical sciences #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1712.04821

Abstract

This is an annotated translation of Euler's 1777 manuscript "De Figura Quam Ventus Fluido Stagnanti Inducere Valet", where Euler models the shape which the wind gives to a still liquid surface.

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