Instabilities of finite-amplitude gravity waves on water of finite depth

DOI10.1017/S0022112082000184zbMath0494.76015MaRDI QIDQ3958121

John W. McLean

Publication date: 1982

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

zbMATH Keywords

resonancesfinite depthlinear dispersion relationdeep-waterfinite-amplitude gravity wavesstabilization of two-dimensional long-wave perturbations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Hydrodynamic stability (76E99)

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Cites Work

• Oblique instability of periodic waves in shallow water
• The disintegration of wave trains on deep water Part 1. Theory
• Non-linear dispersion of water waves
• Wave Instabilities

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