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Wave Crest Instability

Wave Crest Instability is a hydrodynamic phenomenon characterized by the destabilization of the uppermost region of a propagating wave, where adverse pressure gradients and shear forces induce perturbations that amplify nonlinearities and ultimately lead to wave breaking.

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An experimental study of standing waves

Geoffrey Ingram Taylor · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1953 · 168 citations

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The deformation of steep surface waves on water ll. Growth of normal-mode instabilities

M. S. Longuet‐Higgins, Edward D. Cokelet · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1978 · 115 citations

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Sedimentation to the Lee of Small Underwater Sand Waves: An Experimental Study

J.R.L. Allen · The Journal of Geology · 1965 · 96 citations

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The instability and breaking of long internal waves

Cary D. Troy, Jeffrey R. Koseff · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 2005 · 84 citations

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Cross-waves. Part 2. Experiments

B. J. S. Barnard, W. G. Pritchard · Journal of Fluid Mechanics · 1972 · 82 citations

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Authors

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  1. MS
    M. S. Longuet‐Higgins

    University of California San Diego, United States

    8 publications · 414 citations

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  2. RC
    R.P. Cleaver

    University of California San Diego, United States

    2 publications · 96 citations

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  3. TS
    Tomohiro Suzuki

    Flanders Hydraulics, Belgium

    1 publications · 64 citations

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  4. EA
    E. A. Demekhin

    University of Notre Dame, United States

    1 publications · 30 citations

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  5. JM
    J. M. N. T. Gray

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 46 citations

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Institutions

54

  1. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    625 citations

  2. Ghent University

    Ghent, Belgium

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    304 citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    211 citations

  4. Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen

    Giessen, Germany

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    139 citations

  5. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    338 citations

  6. University of Notre Dame

    Notre Dame, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    224 citations

  7. Hiroshima University

    Hiroshima, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  8. Central Electricity Generating Board

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    27 citations

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  1. Journal of Fluid Mechanics

    13 publications · 621 citations

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  2. Physics of Fluids

    4 publications · 119 citations

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  3. Coastal Engineering

    2 publications · 124 citations

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  4. Ocean Engineering

    1 publications · 23 citations

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