Vorticity and curvature at a free surface

DOI10.1017/S0022112097007817zbMath0906.76011MaRDI QIDQ4400007

Michael S. Longuet-Higgins

Publication date: 2 August 1998

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112097007817

zbMATH Keywords

umbilical point; three-dimensional flows; stress-free surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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