On phase velocity and growth rate of wind-induced gravity-capillary waves

DOI10.1017/S0022112085002889zbMath0591.76039OpenAlexW2161820237MaRDI QIDQ3720074

Gerbrand J. Komen, Klaartje van Gastel, Peter A. E. M. Janssen

Publication date: 1985

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112085002889

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic methodsgrowth ratephase velocityOrr-Sommerfeld equationlinear instability theorycurrent shear at the interfacefriction velocitiesgrowth of gravity-capillary wavesshape of the wind profilewind-induced shear current

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• On the generation of surface waves by shear flows
• Shearing flow over a wavy boundary
• On the generation of surface waves by shear flows. Part 4
• The growth of gravity-capillary waves in a coupled shear flow

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