New wave generation

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 657, Issue , 2010, Pages 308-334

  Mercier, Matthieu J ^a   Martinand, Denis ^b   Mathur, Manikandan ^c   Gostiaux, Louis ^d   Peacock, Thomas ^c   Dauxois, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c USA   (United States)

^d LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

internal waves; stratified flows

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS;

EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES; FORCING AMPLITUDES; FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES; INTERNAL WAVES; OSCILLATING PLATES; STRATIFIED FLOWS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL WAVES; VELOCITY COMPONENTS;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLUID MECHANICS; FOURIER TRANSFORM; INTERNAL WAVE; STRATIFICATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; WAVE FIELD; WAVE GENERATION;

EID: 77957108871     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010002454     Document Type: Article

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