Wave jumps and caustics in the propagation of finite-amplitude water waves

DOI10.1017/S0022112083002220zbMath0561.76024OpenAlexW2165532975MaRDI QIDQ5186909

D. H. Peregrine

Publication date: 1983

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112083002220

zbMATH Keywords

nonlinear Schrödinger equationcausticsnonlinear effectsrefraction of water waveswave jumps

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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