Experimental particle paths and drift velocity in steep waves at finite water depth

DOI10.1017/jfm.2016.726zbMath1383.76009OpenAlexW2549331208MaRDI QIDQ5360637

Jostein Kolaas, John Grue

Publication date: 28 September 2017

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

Full work available at URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/58650

zbMATH Keywords

surface gravity wavesocean processeswaves/free-surface flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Free-surface potential flows for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B07)

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