On the nonlinear reflexion of a gravity wave at a critical level. Part 1

DOI10.1017/S0022112080001292zbMath0446.76031OpenAlexW4212918335MaRDI QIDQ3891946

Keith Stewartson, Susan N. Brown

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112080001292

zbMATH Keywords

matched asymptotic expansionsnonlinearinternal gravity waveshear flowreflection and transmission

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Shear flows and turbulence (76F10) Internal waves for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B55) Reaction effects in flows (76V05)

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Cites Work

• The Evolution of a Nonlinear Critical Level

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