On the spatial linear growth of gravity-capillary water waves sheared by a laminar air flow

DOI10.1063/1.2033910zbMath1187.76528MaRDI QIDQ3557183

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Publication date: 22 April 2010

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6703ecd1-28d4-490a-9411-bd65faa5d3fc

zbMATH Keywords

laminar flow; boundary layers; shear flow; capillary waves; water waves; gravity waves; flow simulation; flow instability; confined flow; wind tunnels; measurement by laser beam

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76-XX: Fluid mechanics

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