Nonlinear Water Waves pp 47-54 | Cite as
Evolutional Behaviour and Instability of a Single Wave Packet
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Summary
Propagation of a single wave packet on a gently sloping bottom of 1/50 has been investigated experimentally over a wide range of maximum carrier wave steepness in order to elaborate on the wave packet instability. An instability diagram was derived as a function of wave steepness ak and the ratio of the water depth to the wave lengthness of maximum carrier wave kh (We will call it shallowness). Our conclusions indicate that even highly nonlinear carrier waves form an envelope propagating on a slope.
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Wave Packet Soliton Solution Slope Bottom Carrier Wave Wave Steepness
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