On an analytical method and soliton-typed solutions for certain variable-coefficient partial differential equations in nonlinear mechanics

Acta Mechanica

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 137-140

  Gao, T ^a,b   Tian, B ^a,b  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS AND COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION (WAVES); MECHANICS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PLASMA WAVES; SOLITONS;

NONLINEAR MECHANICS;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0031677356     PISSN: 00015970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01463164     Document Type: Article

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