1999/01/01 by Frédéric Dias, Christian Kharif · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing #Coastal and Marine Dynamics #Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes #Capillary wave #Gravity wave #Mechanics #Bifurcation #Dispersion (optics) #Physics #Internal wave #Gravitational wave #Surface wave #Wind wave #Mechanical wave #Nonlinear system #Classical mechanics #Longitudinal wave #Wave propagation #Optics
paper · doi:10.1146/annurev.fluid.31.1.301
openalex publication_date 1999/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/08
▪ Abstract This review deals primarily with the bifurcation, stability, and evolution of gravity and capillary-gravity waves. Recent results on the bifurcation of various types of capillary-gravity waves, including two-dimensional solitary waves at the minimum of the dispersion curve, are reviewed. A survey of various mechanisms (including the most recent ones) to explain the frequency downshift phenomenon is provided. Recent significant results are given on “horseshoe” patterns, which are three-dimensional structures observable on the sea surface under the action of wind or in wave tank experiments. The so-called short-crested waves are then discussed. Finally, the importance of surface tension effects on steep waves is studied.