A note on the breaking of waves

DOI10.1098/RSPA.1968.0063zbMath0159.28502OpenAlexW2162493479MaRDI QIDQ5542753

R. L. Seliger

Publication date: 1968

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1968.0063

zbMATH Keywords

fluid mechanics

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