Crest instabilities of gravity waves. Part 1. The almost-highest wave

DOI10.1017/S0022112094003265MaRDI QIDQ4304697zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors R. P. Cleaver, M. S. Longuet-Higgins

Publication date 31 August 1994

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112094003265

zbMATH Keywords

basic mode of instability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Hydrodynamic stability (76E99)

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