Stability of steep gravity-capillary solitary waves in deep water

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 452, Issue , 2002, Pages 123-143

  Calvo, David C ^a   Akylas, T R ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOUS FLOW;

SOLITARY WAVES;

WATER WAVES;

CAPILLARY FLOW; DEEP WATER; FLOW STABILITY; GRAVITY WAVE; SOLITARY WAVE; WATER WAVE;

EID: 0037050969     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211200100670X     Document Type: Article

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