{"paper":{"title":"Scaling of far-field wake angle of non-axisymmetric pressure disturbance","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"physics.flu-dyn","authors_text":"Frederic Moisy, Marc Rabaud","submitted_at":"2014-04-08T09:09:35Z","abstract_excerpt":"It has been recently emphasized that the angle of maximum wave amplitude $\\alpha$ in the wake of a disturbance of finite size can be significantly narrower than the maximum value $\\alpha_K = \\sin^{-1}(1/3) \\simeq 19.47^\\mathrm{o}$ predicted by the classical analysis of Kelvin. For axisymmetric disturbance, simple argument based on the Cauchy-Poisson initial-value problem suggests that the wake angle decreases following a Mach-like law at large velocity, $\\alpha \\simeq Fr_L^{-1}$, where $Fr_L=U/\\sqrt{gL}$ is the Froude number based on the disturbance velocity $U$, its size $L$, and gravity $g$."},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1404.2049","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}