Solitary-wave propagation and interactions for the 'good' Boussinesq equation

International Journal of Computer Mathematics

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1431-1440

  Bratsos, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Boussinesq equation; Finite difference method; Predictor corrector

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMANTS; BOUSSINESQ EQUATIONS; EXPLICIT SCHEME; FINITE-DIFFERENCE SCHEME; PREDICTOR CORRECTOR; THIRD-ORDER;

MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SOLITONS;

EID: 49949096037     PISSN: 00207160     EISSN: 10290265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207160701509740     Document Type: Article

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