Experimental study of parametric subharmonic instability for internal plane waves

DOI10.1017/jfm.2013.78zbMath1287.76005arXiv1302.0178OpenAlexW3099275982MaRDI QIDQ5417340

Sylvain Joubaud, Philippe Odier, Baptiste Bourget, Thierry Dauxois

Publication date: 21 May 2014

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.0178

zbMATH Keywords

internal wavesgeophysical and geological flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Waves for incompressible viscous fluids (76D33)

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