Amplitude equations for wave packets in slightly inhomogeneous unstable flows

DOI10.1017/S0022112089001825zbMath0674.76009OpenAlexW2077662968MaRDI QIDQ3829201

Thomas F. Balsa

Publication date: 1989

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112089001825

zbMATH Keywords

Lagrangian densitiesamplitude equation of an inviscid wave packetkinematic wave theoriesunstable base flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Waves for incompressible viscous fluids (76D33)

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