Nonlinear gravity and capillary-gravity waves

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 31, Issue , 1999, Pages 301-346

  Dias, Frédéric ^a   Kharif, Christian ^b  

^a INSTITUT NON LINÉAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Frequency downshift; Short crested waves; Solitary waves; Wave packets

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CAPILLARITY; WIND; CAPILLARY FLOW; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUID MECHANICS; WATER WAVES;

CAPILLARY GRAVITY WAVES; CAPILLARY-GRAVITY WAVES; FREQUENCY DOWNSHIFT; SHORT-CRESTED WAVES; SOLITARY WAVES; WAVE PACKETS;

GRAVITY WAVES;

BIFURCATION; CAPILLARY ACTION; GRAVITY WAVE;

EID: 0033489572     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.fluid.31.1.301     Document Type: Review

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