Weakly nonlocal gravity-capillary solitary waves

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1506-1514

  Yang, T S ^a   Akylas, T R ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; GRAVITY; SOLITARY WAVES;

EID: 0029673044     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.868926     Document Type: Article

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