On the crest instabilities of steep surface waves
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Publication:4362067
DOI10.1017/S0022112096004028zbMath0888.76032MaRDI QIDQ4362067
Mitsuhiro Tanaka, Michael S. Longuet-Higgins
Publication date: 28 October 1997
Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)
eigenfunctionasymptotic lawsuperharmonic instabilitiesnormal-mode instabilities of solitary waves in shallow watertheory of almost-highest wave
Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Hydrodynamic stability (76E99)
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