Observations on waveforms of capillary and gravity-capillary waves

European Journal of Mechanics, B/Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 373-388

  Zhang, Xin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; DETECTORS; GRAVITY WAVES; OPTICAL DEVICES; POTENTIAL FLOW; SURFACE WAVES; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

OPTICAL SURFACE GRADIENT DETECTORS;

WATER WAVES;

EID: 0033131073     PISSN: 09977546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0997-7546(99)80035-1     Document Type: Article

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