Laboratory observations of mean flows under surface gravity waves

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 573, Issue , 2007, Pages 131-147

  Monismith, S G ^a,d   Cowen, E A ^b   Nepf, H M ^c   Magnaudet, J ^d   Thais, L ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d IMFT   (France)

^e UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW OF WATER; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; WATER WAVES;

EULERIAN FLOWS; GERSTNER WAVES; MECHANICAL WAVEMAKERS; STOKES DRIFT;

GRAVITY WAVES;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW OF WATER; GRAVITY WAVES; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION; WATER WAVES;

EULER FLOW; FLOW VELOCITY; GRAVITY WAVE; LABORATORY METHOD; SHALLOW WATER; STOKES FORMULA; SURFACE WAVE;

EID: 33847322999     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006003594     Document Type: Article

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