A stability analysis of fifth-order water wave models

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 125, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 222-240

  Levandosky, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Solitary wave; Traveling wave; Water wave model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001043191     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(98)00245-0     Document Type: Article

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