The effect of the induced mean flow on solitary waves in deep water

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 355, Issue , 1998, Pages 317-328

  Akylas, T R ^a   Dias, F ^b   Grimshaw, R H J ^c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b INSTITUT NON LINÉAIRE DE NICE   (France)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; SOLITARY WAVE; WATER;

DEEP-WATER WAVES; FLUID FLOW; INDUCED; SOLITARY WAVE;

ALGEBRA; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

NONLINEAR SCHRODINGER (NLS) EQUATIONS; SOLITARY WAVES;

WATER WAVES;

EID: 0031748233     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112097007714     Document Type: Article

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