Experimental particle paths and drift velocity in steep waves at finite water depth

DOI10.1017/jfm.2016.726zbMath1383.76009MaRDI QIDQ5360637

Jostein Kolaas, John Grue

Publication date: 28 September 2017

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

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/58650

zbMATH Keywords

surface gravity waves; ocean processes; waves/free-surface flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

86A05: Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography

76-05: Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics

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

76B07: Free-surface potential flows for incompressible inviscid fluids

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