Forward diffraction of Stokes waves by a thin wedge

DOI10.1017/S0022112080000481zbMath0437.76017MaRDI QIDQ3878913

Chiang C. Mei, Dick K. P. Yue

Publication date: 1980

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

zbMATH Keywords

Helmholtz equationcubic Schrödinger equationStokes wavesshallow-water wavesthin wedgemultiple-scale expansionsnonlinear diffractionlong thin bodyMach stems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear boundary value problems for linear elliptic equations (35J65) Nonlinear initial, boundary and initial-boundary value problems for linear parabolic equations (35K60) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Schrödinger operator, Schrödinger equation (35J10) Laplace operator, Helmholtz equation (reduced wave equation), Poisson equation (35J05) Applications to the sciences (65Z05)

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