Kelvin's ship wave pattern

GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf wave pattern
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Kelvin_wake_pattern
gptkbp:angleIndependentOf speed of the ship (for deep water)
gptkbp:angleOfV approximately 39 degrees
gptkbp:appliesTo displacement hulls
gptkbp:characterizedBy V-shaped wave pattern
gptkbp:consistsOf divergent waves
transverse waves
gptkbp:describes the pattern of waves created by a ship moving through water
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1887
Lord Kelvin
gptkbp:governedBy the laws of hydrodynamics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kelvin's ship wave pattern
gptkbp:namedAfter Lord Kelvin
gptkbp:relatedTo fluid dynamics
naval architecture
gptkbp:studiedIn engineering
physics
gptkbp:visualizes wake behind a moving boat
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_William_Thomson_(Lord_Kelvin)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4