Instabilities of finite-amplitude water waves

DOI10.1017/S0022112082000172zbMath0483.76027WikidataQ62773175 ScholiaQ62773175MaRDI QIDQ3942581

John W. McLean

Publication date: 1982

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

zbMATH Keywords

inviscidfinite-amplitude deep-water wavesinfinitesimal three dimensional perturbations of arbitrary wavelengththree-dimensional wave patterns

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Hydrodynamic stability (76E99) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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• Taylor instability of a non-uniform free-surface flow
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