Large-scale vorticity generation by breakers in shallow and deep water

DOI10.1016/S0997-7546(99)80037-5zbMath0939.76016MaRDI QIDQ1806520

D. H. Peregrine

Publication date: 12 July 2000

Published in: European Journal of Mechanics. B. Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0997-7546(99)80037-5

zbMATH Keywords

coherent structure; breaking waves; vortical structures; generation of vorticity; bores in surf zone; deep water breaking

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

86A05: Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography

76B47: Vortex flows for incompressible inviscid fluids

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

76-02: Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to fluid mechanics

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