Nonlinear shallow-water oscillations in a parabolic channel: Exact solutions and trajectory analyses

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 318, Issue , 1996, Pages 49-76

  Shapiro, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OSCILLATIONS;

NONLINEAR SHALLOW WATER EQUATIONS; PARABOLIC CHANNEL;

CHANNEL FLOW;

CHANNELS; OSCILLATIONS;

CHANNEL FLOW; NONLINEAR OSCILLATIONS; PARABOLIC CHANNEL; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATIONS;

EID: 0030199269     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096007021     Document Type: Article

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