Numerical simulations of large-amplitude internal solitary waves

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 362, Issue , 1998, Pages 53-82

  Terez, Dmitry E ^a   Knio, Omar M ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PHASE SHIFT; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BOUSSINESQ APPROXIMATION; SOLITARY WAVES;

WATER WAVES;

EID: 0032075718     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098008799     Document Type: Article

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