Extreme waves, modulational instability and second-order theory: wave flume experiments on irregular waves

DOI10.1016/j.euromechflu.2006.01.002zbMath1101.76012OpenAlexW2098515194MaRDI QIDQ2432803

Miguel Onorato, Luigi Cavaleri, C. Brandini, C. T. Stansberg, Alfred R. Osborne, Marina Serio

Publication date: 25 October 2006

Published in: European Journal of Mechanics. B. Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euromechflu.2006.01.002

zbMATH Keywords

probability density functionBenjamin-Feir indexJonswap spectra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Stochastic analysis applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M35) Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability (76E17)

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