Undular bores and the initial-boundary value problem for the modified Korteweg-de Vries equation

Wave Motion

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 540-555

  Marchant, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Initial boundary value problem; Modified Korteweg de Vries equation; Modulation theory; Soliton; Undular bore

Indexed keywords

LINEAR EQUATIONS; SOLITONS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

MODIFIED KORTEWEG-DE VRIES EQUATION; MODULATION THEORY; UNDULAR BORE;

INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS;

INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; SOLITONS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

AMPLITUDE; ANALYTICAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAVE EQUATION; WAVE MODELING;

AVIAN INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS;

EID: 40649095213     PISSN: 01652125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wavemoti.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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