Effects of nonlinearity and spectral bandwidth on the dispersion relation and component phase speeds of surface gravity waves

DOI10.1017/S0022112081000281zbMath0479.76034MaRDI QIDQ3938698

Henry C. Yuen, Bruce M. Lake, Donald R. Crawford, Philip G. Saffman

Publication date: 1981

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

zbMATH Keywords

linear theory; dispersion relation; non-linearity; deep-water; component phase speeds; absence of wind or currents; departure of measurements from predictions; non-linearity-dispersion balance; one-dimensional non-random gravity wavefield; spectral bandwidths

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

86A05: Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography

76B15: Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction

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