Parametric solutions for breaking waves

DOI10.1017/S0022112082001967zbMath0492.76024MaRDI QIDQ3955005

Michael S. Longuet-Higgins

Publication date: 1982

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

zbMATH Keywords

branch pointfree surfacetime-dependenttwo dimensionalirrotationalcomplex velocity potentialoverturning gravity wave

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Jets and cavities, cavitation, free-streamline theory, water-entry problems, airfoil and hydrofoil theory, sloshing (76B10)

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Cites Work

• Self-similar, time-dependent flows with a free surface