Refraction of finite-amplitude water waves: deep-water waves approaching circular caustics

DOI10.1017/S0022112081000931zbMath0477.76019OpenAlexW1989513619MaRDI QIDQ3933986

D. H. Peregrine

Publication date: 1981

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112081000931

zbMATH Keywords

nonlinear waveswave breakingneighbourhood of a circular causticplane periodic deep water wavesprogressive wave descriptionray description

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15)

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