Modeling nonlinear dispersive water waves

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 125, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 747-755

  Wu, Theodore Yaotsu ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DISPERSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VELOCITY;

DISPERSIVE EFFECTS; EULER EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR EFFECTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL GRAVITY CAPILLARY WAVES; WAVE-WAVE INTERACTIONS;

WATER WAVES;

COLLISION; DISPERSION; MODELING; NON-LINEAR SYSTEM; SOLITARY WAVE; WAVE INTERACTION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DISPERSION; NONLINEAR WAVE; SOLITARY WAVE; WAVE DISPERSION; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 0032813772     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(1999)125:7(747)     Document Type: Article

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