The origins of water wave theory

被引：164

作者：

Craik, ADD ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ St Andrews, Sch Math & Stat, St Andrews KY16 9SS, Fife, Scotland

来源：

ANNUAL REVIEW OF FLUID MECHANICS | 2004年 / 36卷

关键词：

surface gravity waves; history of fluid mechanics; nonlinear waves; solitary waves; inviscid hydrodynamics;

D O I：

10.1146/annurev.fluid.36.050802.122118

中图分类号：

O3 [力学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0801 ;

摘要：

After early work by Newton, the eighteenth and early nineteenth century French mathematicians Laplace, Lagrange, Poisson, and Cauchy made real theoretical advances in the linear theory of water waves; in Germany, Gerstner considered nonlinear waves, and the brothers Weber performed fine experiments. Later in Britain during 1837-1847, Russell, Green, Kelland, Airy, and Earnshaw all made substantial contributions, setting the scene for subsequent work by Stokes and others.

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