Experimental investigation of the vorticity generation within a spilling water wave

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 330, Issue , 1997, Pages 113-139

  Dabiri, Dana ^a   Gharib, Morteza ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HYDRAULIC JUMP; JETS; LIQUID WAVES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VELOCITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

CAPILLARY WAVES; FREE SURFACE; FROUDE NUMBERS; SPILLING BREAKING WAVE; VORTICITY FLUX;

VORTEX FLOW;

FROUDE NUMBER; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTICITY; WATER WAVES; WAVE BREAKING;

BREAKING WAVES; SPILLING; VORTICITY; WAVE MODELLING;

EID: 0030841418     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096003692     Document Type: Article

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