On the forming of sharp corners at a free surface

DOI10.1098/RSPA.1980.0092zbMath0451.76017OpenAlexW2107862311MaRDI QIDQ3898197

Michael S. Longuet-Higgins

Publication date: 1980

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1980.0092

zbMATH Keywords

complex variable methodfree surfacebreakingfree surface flowssharp corners

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B47) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Solitary waves for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B25)

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