The generation of edge waves by a wave-maker

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2060-2065

  Liu, Philip L F ^a   Yeh, Harry H ^b  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; WAVE GENERATION;

EID: 0030477575     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869008     Document Type: Article

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