Freak waves under the action of wind: experiments and simulations

DOI10.1016/j.euromechflu.2006.02.006zbMath1103.76013OpenAlexW2031774702MaRDI QIDQ2432811

J. P. Giovanangeli, Efim Pelinovsky, Kharif, Christian, Julien Touboul

Publication date: 25 October 2006

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechflu.2006.02.006

zbMATH Keywords

wave focusingJeffreys' sheltering mechanismwave defocusing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15)

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