On the laboratory generation of two-dimensional, progressive, surface waves of nearly permanent form on deep water

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 559, Issue , 2006, Pages 413-427

  Henderson, Diane M ^a   Patterson, Mathew S ^b   Segur, Harvey ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE WAVES; UNSTEADY FLOW;

DEEP WATER; WAVEMAKER ARRAY; WAVEMAKER FORCING;

WATER WAVES;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE WAVES; UNSTEADY FLOW; WATER WAVES;

DEEP WATER; FLOW PATTERN; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LABORATORY METHOD; OCEAN WAVE; SURFACE WAVE; UNSTEADY FLOW; WAVE FORCE;

EID: 33746350761     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006000103     Document Type: Article

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