Numerical simulation of converging nonlinear wavefronts

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 385, Issue , 1999, Pages 1-20

  Prasad, Phoolan ^a   Sangeeta, K ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

LAX-FRIEDRICHS FLUX; NONLINEAR WAVEFRONTS; WEAKLY NONLINEAR RAY THEORY;

WAVEFRONTS;

EID: 0032640635     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112098003310     Document Type: Article

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