Gentle spilling breakers: crest profile evolution

DOI10.1017/S0022112098003152zbMath0938.76505MaRDI QIDQ4262132

Jim H. Duncan, Alexandra Wenz, Haibing Qiao, Vasanth Philomin

Publication date: 21 June 2000

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

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15)

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