A criterion for nonlinear wave stability
- 22 December 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Vol. 30 (4), 737-739
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112067001739
Abstract
Nonlinear resonant wave triads composed of one finite and two infinitesimal components are unstable for sum interactions and neutrally stable for difference interactions. A similar criterion holds for tertiary interactions.Keywords
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- The disintegration of wave trains on deep water Part 1. TheoryJournal of Fluid Mechanics, 1967