On the excitation of edge waves on beaches

DOI10.1017/S0022112077000159zbMath0345.76010OpenAlexW2139828098MaRDI QIDQ4114866

G. B. Whitham, Antonmaria A. Minzoni

Publication date: 1977

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112077000159

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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