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Some new highest-wave solutions for deep-water waves of permanent form

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2006

D. B. Olfe  and
James W. Rottman
D. B. Olfe
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093
James W. Rottman
Affiliation:
Science Applications, Inc., La Jolla, California 92037 Present address: Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Silver Street, Cambridge, England.
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Abstract

The classical series expansion procedure of Michell is used to calculate some new highest-wave solutions. These solutions are shown to correspond to the types of gravity waves studied recently by Chen & Saffman (1980). Results are presented for wave profiles, phase speeds, and kinetic and potential energies.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 100 , Issue 4 , 29 October 1980 , pp. 801 - 810
Copyright
© 1980 Cambridge University Press

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