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We present a numerical study of essentially nonlinear dynamics of surface gravity waves on deep water with constant vorticity using governing equations in conformal coordinates. The dispersion relation of surface gravity waves on shear flow…
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The internal gravity waves far field exited by a non-local perturbation sources was considered. A separate wave mode asymptomatic presentation was constructed, describing the wave field key features depending on the source geometry.
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