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Velocity Potential

Velocity Potential is a scalar function in potential flow theory whose spatial gradient yields the fluid velocity field, thereby characterizing irrotational motion in linear wave theory and ensuring the incompressibility condition is satisfied.

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Publications

676

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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Acoustic black holes: horizons, ergospheres and Hawking radiation

Matt Visser · Classical and Quantum Gravity · 1998 · 807 citations · Full text

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Three-Dimensional Variational Analysis with Spatially Inhomogeneous Covariances

Wan-Shu Wu, Robert James Purser, David Parrish · Monthly Weather Review · 2002 · 742 citations · Full text

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Perfect Fluids in General Relativity: Velocity Potentials and a Variational Principle

B. F. Schutz · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields · 1970 · 553 citations · Full text

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Transient Radiation from Pistons in an Infinite Planar Baffle

Peter R. Stepanishen · The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 1971 · 550 citations

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Authors

1.1K

  1. GW
    G.X. Wu

    University College London, United Kingdom

    36 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. MS
    M. S. Longuet‐Higgins

    University of California San Diego, United States

    8 publications · 2K citations

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  3. OM
    Odd M. Faltinsen

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

    7 publications · 827 citations

    7

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  4. FW
    Finn‐Christian W. Hanssen

    Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

    7 publications · 132 citations

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  5. JN
    J. N. Newman

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    7 publications · 368 citations

    7

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Institutions

509

  1. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    22 h-index

    61 publications

    2.2K citations

  2. Harbin Engineering University

    Harbin, China

    15 h-index

    38 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    14 h-index

    24 publications

    1.7K citations

  4. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    15 publications

    746 citations

  5. Jiangsu University of Science and Technology

    Zhenjiang, China

    12 h-index

    23 publications

    534 citations

  6. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    10 h-index

    18 publications

    603 citations

  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    3.7K citations

  8. Technical University of Denmark

    Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

    9 h-index

    17 publications

    573 citations

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  1. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    81 publications · 6K citations

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  2. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

    JASA · 40 publications · 2.4K citations

    24

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  3. Monthly Weather Review

    19 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. Physics of Fluids

    26 publications · 739 citations

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  5. Journal of Ship Research

    17 publications · 713 citations

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