Wave breaking and jet formation on axisymmetric surface gravity waves

In today's talk, my objective is to better understand the Fluid Mechanics of what I'm referring to as the spike wave and the resulting axisymmetric wave breaking. Before delving into studying the axisymmetric structure, I would like to provide some context to the importance of this research.

This motivation comes from previous work we did, where we attempted to recreate the dragon wave in a laboratory setting. By understanding the mechanics of the spike wave, we hope to gain insight into larger wave phenomena, such as the dragon wave.