Water wave scattering by a step of arbitrary profile

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 411, Issue , 2000, Pages 131-164

  Porter, R ^a   Porter, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEP (SURFACE STRUCTURE); TOPOGRAPHY; WATER WAVE; WAVE SCATTERING;

TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 0033929725     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112099008101     Document Type: Article

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