On the determination of the onset of breaking for modulating surface gravity water waves

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 367, Issue , 1998, Pages 107-137

  Banner, Michael L ^a   Tian, Xin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SHEAR FLOW; STABILITY;

MODULATING SURFACE GRAVITY WATER WAVE; SHEAR CURRENT; WAVE BREAKING;

WATER WAVES;

EID: 0032120729     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098001517     Document Type: Article

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