Linear water waves with vorticity: Rotational features and particle paths

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 244, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1888-1909

  Ehrnström, Mats ^a   Villari, Gabriele ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Dipartimento di Matematica U Dini   (Italy)

Author keywords

Particle paths; Phase portrait; Steady water waves; Trajectories; Vorticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849123737     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: 10902732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jde.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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