Talk:Ripple (physics)

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For an artistic project I am looking for a cross-section graph (z by x) of the shape that water's surface makes when a single object strikes the surface of a fluid. This would of course change over time and be dependent upon characteristics of the fluid, etc. Lee De Cola 15:40, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merger proposal

I disagree with the proposal to merge the Ripple (physics) page with the Capillary wave page. Capillary waves are specific to fluids, but the term "ripple" can also be used to describe a characterisic of an electrical signal, as described in the Ripple article. E James (talk) 00:32, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

A split/merge would be more appropriate.--Srleffler (talk) 03:27, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
No, I don't think so. A merge is more appropriate. Capilliary waves are a specific type of ripple, therefore it can be included as a new section in 'ripple' Indomaster (talk) 00:01, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
Other "ripple" articles of direct interest in this discussion:
My suggestion is, since the electricity ripples are very different from fluid dynamics ripples:
  1. move the material here on capillary waves to Capillary wave
  2. rename Ripple (physics) to Ripple (electricity), and adjust the redirect in Ripple (electrical)
  3. make a redirect page Ripple (fluid dynamics), redirecting to Capillary wave
  4. adjust the disambiguation page Ripple
Crowsnest (talk) 12:56, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
On second thought, considering there are quite some links to Ripple (physics), leave out step 2 above. Crowsnest (talk) 13:00, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

I moved the relevant material on fluid-interface ripples to capillary waves, created a redirect page ripple (fluid dynamics) and changed the disambiguation page ripple accordingly. Crowsnest (talk) 08:32, 15 April 2008 (UTC)