On the gradual reflection of weakly nonlinear Stokes waves in regions with varying topography

DOI10.1017/S0022112086002008zbMath0586.76045MaRDI QIDQ3713629

James T. Kirby

Publication date: 1986

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

zbMATH Keywords

second-order wave equationlinear wave motionback-scattered componentsLagrangian formulation for irrotational motionsrefraction-diffractionregion with varying depththird order couplingtwo-dimensional topographyweakly nonlinear Stokes waves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stokes and related (Oseen, etc.) flows (76D07) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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