Internal solitary waves and their head-on collision. Part 1

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 147, Issue , 1984, Pages 213-231

  Su, C H ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; WAVES;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0021502430     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112084002068     Document Type: Article

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