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Wave Instabilities
Author(s) -
Benney D. J.,
Roskes G. J.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
studies in applied mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.164
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1467-9590
pISSN - 0022-2526
DOI - 10.1002/sapm1969484377
Subject(s) - gravitational wave , gravity wave , physics , scale (ratio) , instability , classical mechanics , class (philosophy) , mechanics , mathematical analysis , geology , mathematics , computer science , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , astrophysics
A uniform train of periodic waves may be unstable to large scale variations so that some incoherence can develop. The analysis is presented for the case of gravity waves, and for a class of interaction problems typical of many physical systems.