Three-dimensional vortex structures under breaking waves

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 545, Issue , 2005, Pages 291-328

  Watanabe, Yasunori ^a   Saeki, Hiroshi ^a   Hosking, Roger J ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BREAKWATERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; VORTEX FLOW;

BREAKING WAVES; LARGE-SCALE VORTEX STRUCTURES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL VORTEX STRUCTURES;

WATER WAVES;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BREAKWATERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; VORTEX FLOW; WATER WAVES;

BREAKING WAVE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; VORTEX;

EID: 30744448998     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005006774     Document Type: Article

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