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  2. Full width at half maximum - Wikipedia

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    In other words, it is the width of a spectrum curve measured between those points on the y-axis which are half the maximum amplitude. Half width at half maximum (HWHM) is half of the FWHM if the function is symmetric. The term full duration at half maximum (FDHM) is preferred when the independent variable is time.

  3. Velocity potential - Wikipedia

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    A velocity potential is not unique. If ϕ is a velocity potential, then ϕ + f(t) is also a velocity potential for u, where f(t) is a scalar function of time and can be constant. Velocity potentials are unique up to a constant, or a function solely of the temporal variable. The Laplacian of a velocity potential is equal to the divergence of the ...

  4. Potential flow around a circular cylinder - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, potential flow around a circular cylinder is a classical solution for the flow of an inviscid, incompressible fluid around a cylinder that is transverse to the flow. Far from the cylinder, the flow is unidirectional and uniform. The flow has no vorticity and thus the velocity field is irrotational and can be modeled as a ...

  5. Maximum potential intensity - Wikipedia

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    A characteristic value of the maximum potential intensity, , is 80 metres per second (180 mph; 290 km/h). However, this quantity varies significantly across space and time, particularly within the seasonal cycle , spanning a range of 0 to 100 metres per second (0 to 224 mph; 0 to 360 km/h). [ 5 ]

  6. Airy wave theory - Wikipedia

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    On the other hand, in a frame of reference moving with the mean velocity U (so the mean velocity as observed from this reference frame is zero), the angular frequency is different. It is called the intrinsic angular frequency (or relative angular frequency), denoted σ. So in pure wave motion, with U = 0, both frequencies ω and σ are equal.

  7. Step potential - Wikipedia

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    The step potential is simply the product of V 0, the height of the barrier, and the Heaviside step function: = {, <, The barrier is positioned at x = 0, though any position x 0 may be chosen without changing the results, simply by shifting position of the step by −x 0.

  8. Potential gradient - Wikipedia

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    The simplest definition for a potential gradient F in one dimension is the following: [1] = = where ϕ(x) is some type of scalar potential and x is displacement (not distance) in the x direction, the subscripts label two different positions x 1, x 2, and potentials at those points, ϕ 1 = ϕ(x 1), ϕ 2 = ϕ(x 2).

  9. Spectral density - Wikipedia

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    The spectral centroid of a signal is the midpoint of its spectral density function, i.e. the frequency that divides the distribution into two equal parts. The spectral edge frequency (SEF), usually expressed as "SEF x", represents the frequency below which x percent of the total power of a given signal are located; typically, x is in the range ...