Overhanging interfacial gravity waves of large amplitude

DOI10.1017/S0022112083000737zbMath0516.76019OpenAlexW2148626124MaRDI QIDQ3664638

Philip G. Saffman, Daniel I. Meiron

Publication date: 1983

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112083000737

zbMATH Keywords

interface between uniform fluids of different densityoverhanging waves of permanent form

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Multiphase and multicomponent flows (76T99) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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