Steep sharp-crested gravity waves on deep water

Abstract

A new type of steady steep two-dimensional irrotational symmetric periodic gravity waves on inviscid incompressible fluid of infinite depth is revealed. We demonstrate that these waves have sharper crests in comparison with the Stokes waves of the same wavelength and steepness. The speed of a fluid particle at the crest of new waves is greater than their phase speed.

4 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett

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