Abstract
UDC [532.59+532.65]:538.93
An analytical expression is constructed to estimate the influence of a surface electric charge on a drift velocity caused by propagation of the wave packet on a horizontal surface of inviscid fluid. It has been shown that the surface electric charge acts on the drift most effectively if the wavenumber of the carrier wave is equal to the value being inversed of capillary constant. Common regularities of the drift motion are established.
Keywords: Stokes drift, free surface, wave packet, mass transfer, electrically charged surface.