Secondary criticality of water waves. Part 2. Unsteadiness and the Benjamin-Feir instability from the viewpoint of hydraulics

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 565, Issue , 2006, Pages 419-439

  Bridges, T J ^a   Donaldson, N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

BANJAMIN-FEIR INSTABILITY; FINITE DEPTH; MEAN FLOW; SOLITARY WAVES; STOKES WAVES;

WATER WAVES;

FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULICS; UNSTEADY FLOW; WATER WAVES;

HYDRAULICS; INSTABILITY; SOLITARY WAVE; UNSTEADY FLOW; WATER WAVE;

EID: 33749333194     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006001881     Document Type: Article

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