Variational formulations for steady water waves with vorticity

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 548, Issue , 2006, Pages 151-163

  Constantin, Adrian ^a   Sattinger, David ^b   Strauss, Walter ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOW OF WATER; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; INTEGRATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEADY FLOW; SURFACE WATERS; VORTEX FLOW;

FLOW TOTAL ENERGY; FREE SURFACE; STEADY WATER WAVES; VORTICITY;

WATER WAVES;

WATER WAVE;

EID: 32044450307     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005007469     Document Type: Article

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