A Boussinesq system for two-way propagation of interfacial waves

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 237, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 2365-2389

  Nguyen, Hai Yen ^a   Dias, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Boussinesq systems; Interfacial waves; Korteweg de Vries equation; Solitary waves; Table top solitary waves

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; FLUIDS; KORTEWEG-DE VRIES EQUATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLITONS;

BOUSSINESQ SYSTEM; CUBIC NONLINEARITIES; IMMISCIBLE FLUIDS; INTERFACIAL WAVES; INTERNAL WAVES; ITS APPLICATIONS; QUADRATIC NONLINEARITIES; TABLE-TOP;

WATER WAVES;

EID: 48349100318     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2008.02.020     Document Type: Article

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