Numerical and laboratory investigation of breaking of steep two-dimensional waves in deep water

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 644, Issue , 2010, Pages 433-463

  Babanin, Alexander V ^a   Chalikov, Dmitry ^a,b   Young, I R ^a   Savelyev, Ivan ^c  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID MECHANICS;

FIELD APPLICATION; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; LABORATORY STUDIES; MEASUREMENTS OF; MODULATIONAL INSTABILITY; SOURCE OF ENERGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENVIRONMENT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL WAVES;

ENGINEERING;

BREAKING WAVE; FOURIER TRANSFORM; NONLINEAR WAVE; SIMULATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; WAVE PROPERTY;

EID: 77952429586     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211200999245X     Document Type: Article

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