Interaction of capillary waves with longer waves. Part 1. General theory and specific applications to waves in one dimension

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 321, Issue , 1996, Pages 87-120

  Watson, Kenneth M ^a   Buchsbaum, Steven B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; HEAT LOSSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESONANCE; SURFACE WAVES; WIND EFFECTS;

CAPILLARY WAVES; HAMILTONIAN FORMULATION; HASSELMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; OFF RESONANCE INTERACTIONS; ONE DIMENSION; TRIAD RESONANCES; WIND WAVES;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

CAPILLARY FLOW; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; WAVE PATTERNS;

EID: 0030208617     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096007653     Document Type: Article

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