A Model Equation to Study the Effects of Nonlinearity, Surface Tension and Viscosity in Water Waves
- 1 February 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Studies in Applied Mathematics
- Vol. 58 (2) , 165-185
- https://doi.org/10.1002/sapm1978582165
Abstract
The formation of short capillary waves on long, finite amplitude gravity waves is studied by solving numerically a non‐linear partial differential equation which models effects of surface tension, viscosity, unsteadiness and finite amplitude.Keywords
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