Symmetry of steady periodic surface water waves with vorticity

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 498, Issue , 2004, Pages 171-181

  Constantin, Adrian ^a   Escher, Joachim ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY WAVES; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; STEADY FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

CRESTS; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLES;

WATER WAVES;

FLUID MECHANICS; GRAVITY WAVE; VORTICITY; WATER WAVE; WAVE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 1242299759     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112003006773     Document Type: Article

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