On phase kinks, negative frequencies, and other third-order peculiarities of modulated surface waves

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 368, Issue , 1998, Pages 321-338

  Shugan, Igor ^a   Voliak, Konstantin ^a  

^a PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE WAVES;

MODULATED SURFACE WAVES; NONLINEAR SCHRODINGER EQUATIONS; WAVE PHASE REVERSALS;

WATER WAVES;

EID: 0032138642     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098001803     Document Type: Article

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