On gravity-capillary lumps

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 540, Issue , 2005, Pages 337-351

  Kim, Boguk ^a   Akylas, T R ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CAPILLARITY; GRAVITATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SURFACE TENSION;

BOND NUMBER; GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATION; SOLITARY WAVES;

CAPILLARY FLOW;

BIFURCATION; FLUID MECHANICS; SOLITARY WAVE;

EID: 23844436876     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005005823     Document Type: Article

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