Parasitic capillary waves: a direct calculation

DOI10.1017/S0022112095003818zbMath0860.76013MaRDI QIDQ4881496

Michael S. Longuet-Higgins

Publication date: 5 May 1997

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

zbMATH Keywords

perturbationdampingblockingeffect of gravitysurface tension forcescritical steepnesssteep Stokes wavesubcritical wavessupercritical wavestrapping of short-wave energy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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Cites Work

• Steady Gravity-Capillary Waves On Deep Water-1. Weakly Nonlinear Waves
• Steady Gravity-Capillary Waves on Deep Water-II. Numerical Results for Finite Amplitude

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