Small-amplitude Stokes and solitary gravity water waves with an arbitrary distribution of vorticity

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 237, Issue 10-12, 2008, Pages 1530-1538

  Groves, M D ^a   Wahlen E ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bifurcation theory; Vorticity; Water waves

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOLITONS; VORTICITY;

BIFURCATION THEORY; SOLITARY GRAVITY;

WATER WAVES;

EID: 44649184941     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2008.03.015     Document Type: Article

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