On the reflection of a train of finite-amplitude internal waves from a uniform slope

DOI10.1017/S0022112087001228zbMath0633.76024MaRDI QIDQ3771828

S. A. Thorpe

Publication date: 1987

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

finite-amplitude internal wavesuniform slope

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Internal waves for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B55) Basic methods in fluid mechanics (76M99)

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Cites Work

• Internal wave reflexion from a sinusoidally corrugated surface
• The occurrence of parametric instabilities in finite-amplitude internal gravity waves
• Progressive internal waves on slopes
• The reflexion of internal/inertial waves from bumpy surfaces
• Degeneration of resonantly-excited standing internal gravity waves
• Forced resonant second-order interaction between damped internal waves

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