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Free-surface Waves

Free-Surface Waves is a hydrodynamic phenomenon characterized by oscillations or disturbances propagating along the interface between a liquid and a gas, typically under the influence of gravity and surface tension, in open-channel flow environments where the liquid is unconfined above.

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The applied dynamics of ocean surface waves

Applied Ocean Research · 1983 · 1.7K citations

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The deformation of steep surface waves on water - I. A numerical method of computation

M. S. Longuet‐Higgins, Edward D. Cokelet · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1976 · 1.1K citations

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Stability of Liquid Flow down an Inclined Plane

Chia‐Shun Yih · The Physics of Fluids · 1963 · 1K citations · Full text

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The stability of the plane free surface of a liquid in vertical periodic motion

T. Brooke Benjamin, F. Ursell · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1954 · 898 citations

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On the generation of waves by turbulent wind

O. M. Phillips · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1957 · 841 citations

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  1. JW
    John W. Miles

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    13 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. JV
    Jean‐Marc Vanden‐Broeck

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    8 publications · 332 citations

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  3. MS
    M. S. Longuet‐Higgins

    University of California San Diego, United States

    8 publications · 2.2K citations

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  4. CC
    Chiang C. Mei

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    8 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. FU
    F. Ursell

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 1.6K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    23 h-index

    82 publications

    2.7K citations

  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    17 h-index

    38 publications

    3.3K citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

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  4. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    13 h-index

    33 publications

    742 citations

  5. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    13 h-index

    17 publications

    1.5K citations

  6. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    901 citations

  7. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    499 citations

  8. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    10 h-index

    21 publications

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  1. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    135 publications · 10K citations

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  2. Physics of Fluids

    30 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. Ocean Engineering

    24 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. Wave Motion

    29 publications · 953 citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

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