Fast, large-amplitude solitary waves in the 2D Euler equations for stratified fluids

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1061-1078

  Lankers, Katharina ^a   Friesecke, Gero ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

(Global) variational methods; Partial differential equations; Stratified fluids

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUID WAVES; THEOREM PROVING; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

EULER EQUATION; STRATIFIED FLUIDS;

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 0031281208     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0362-546X(96)00089-2     Document Type: Article

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