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creators_name: Ockendon, JR
creators_name: Ockendon, H
creators_name: Tew, RH
creators_name: Hewett, DP
creators_name: Gibbs, A
title: A caustic terminating at an inflection point
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divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C06
divisions: F59
keywords: Canonical scattering, Caustic, Popov inflection point problem, Stationary phase, Steepest descent
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abstract: We present an asymptotic and numerical study of the evolution of an incoming wavefield which has a caustic close to a curve with an inflection point. Our results reveal the emergence of a wavefield which resembles that of a shadow boundary but has a maximum amplitude along the tangent at the inflection point.
date: 2024-02-01
date_type: published
publisher: Elsevier BV
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wavemoti.2023.103257
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full_text_type: pub
language: eng
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doi: 10.1016/j.wavemoti.2023.103257
lyricists_name: Gibbs, Andrew
lyricists_name: Hewett, David
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lyricists_id: DHEWE35
actors_name: Flynn, Bernadette
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full_text_status: public
publication: Wave Motion
volume: 125
article_number: 103257
citation:        Ockendon, JR;    Ockendon, H;    Tew, RH;    Hewett, DP;    Gibbs, A;      (2024)    A caustic terminating at an inflection point.                   Wave Motion , 125     , Article 103257.  10.1016/j.wavemoti.2023.103257 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wavemoti.2023.103257>.       Green open access   
 
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