Breaking and broadening of internal solitary waves

DOI10.1017/S0022112000008648zbMath0979.76013OpenAlexW2065794628WikidataQ127332259 ScholiaQ127332259MaRDI QIDQ4506159

John Grue, J. Kristian Sveen, Per-Olav Rusås, Atle Jensen

Publication date: 21 February 2002

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112000008648

zbMATH Keywords

solitary wavesbreakingwave speedparticle image velocimetryparticle tracking velocimetrywave amplitudelinear stratificationfully nonlinear two-layer modelmaximal induced fluid velocity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Solitary waves for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B25) Internal waves for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B55)

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