On the incipient breaking of small scale waves

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Publication:4058361

DOI10.1017/S0022112074001583zbMath0303.76004MaRDI QIDQ4058361

Owen Martin Phillips, Michael L. Banner

Publication date: 1974

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




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