The Mechanism for Frequency Downshift in Nonlinear Wave Evolution

Advances in Applied Mechanics

Volumn 32, Issue C, 1996, Pages

  Huang, Norden E ^a   Long, Steven R ^b   Shen, Zheng ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002453634     PISSN: 00652156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2156(08)70076-0     Document Type: Article

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