A numerical study of breaking waves in the surf zone

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 359, Issue , 1998, Pages 239-264

  Lin, Pengzhi ^a   Liu, Philip L F ^a  

^a Department of Materials Science and Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRAIN RATE; STRESSES; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

BREAKING WAVES; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; VOLUME OF FLUID;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0032021727     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211209700846X     Document Type: Article

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