Short-crested waves in deep water: A numerical investigation of recent laboratory experiments

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 559, Issue , 2006, Pages 391-411

  Fuhrman, David R ^a   Madsen, Per A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BOUSSINESQ-TYPE MODEL; LINEAR WAVEMAKER CONDITIONS; WAVE CRESTS;

WATER WAVES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER WAVES; WAVE PROPAGATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DEEP WATER; LABORATORY METHOD; OCEAN WAVE; STEADY FLOW; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 33746331388     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006000486     Document Type: Article

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