Numerical simulation of lowest-order short-crested wave instabilities

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 563, Issue , 2006, Pages 415-441

  Fuhrman, David R ^a   Madsen, Per A ^a   Bingham, Harry B ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER WAVES;

BOUSSINESQ-TYPE MODEL; INCIDENT WAVE; PLANE WAVE; RESONANT INTERACTIONS; SHORT-CRESTED WAVE; WAVE SPECTRA;

FLUID MECHANICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUID MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER WAVES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DEEP WATER; FLOW MODELING; FLOW STABILITY; SIMULATION; WATER WAVE;

EID: 33746348981     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006001236     Document Type: Article

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