On the stability of the boundary layer at the bottom of propagating surface waves

DOI10.1017/jfm.2021.807zbMath1504.76030MaRDI QIDQ5158352

Jan O. Pralits, Paolo Blondeaux, Giovanna Vittori

Publication date: 21 October 2021

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.807

zbMATH Keywords

linear stability analysis; critical Reynolds number; transition to turbulence; intermittently turbulent regime; disturbed laminar regime

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

86A05: Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography

76D10: Boundary-layer theory, separation and reattachment, higher-order effects

76E05: Parallel shear flows in hydrodynamic stability

76D33: Waves for incompressible viscous fluids

76F06: Transition to turbulence