Articles | Volume 25, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-25-521-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-25-521-2018
Research article
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27 Jul 2018
Research article |  | 27 Jul 2018

Laboratory and numerical experiments on stem waves due to monochromatic waves along a vertical wall

Sung Bum Yoon, Jong-In Lee, Young-Take Kim, and Choong Hun Shin

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Laboratory and numerical experiments are conducted to investigate stem waves due to incidence of monochromatic waves. For larger-amplitude waves with smaller angle of incidence, the measured data clearly show stem waves. The resonant interactions between the incident and reflected waves predicted for solitary waves are not observed for the periodic Stokes waves. The existence and the properties of stem waves found theoretically via simulations are favorably supported by the physical experiments.