Asymptotic waves for the hydrodynamical model of semiconductors

Wave Motion

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-167

  Romano, Vittorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

ASYMPTOTIC EXPANSION; ASYMPTOTIC WAVES; NONLINEAR HYPERBOLIC WAVES; POISSON EQUATION; REDUCTION PERTURBATION METHOD;

SHOCK WAVES;

EID: 0030230253     PISSN: 01652125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-2125(96)00012-1     Document Type: Article

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