A model equation for wavepacket solitary waves arising from capillary-gravity flows

Studies in Applied Mathematics

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-274

  Akers, Benjamin ^b   Milewski, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; WAVE PACKETS;

DEEPWATER; GRAVITY CAPILLARY WAVES; GRAVITY FLOWS; LINEAR DISPERSION RELATIONS; MODELING EQUATIONS; SPATIAL DIMENSION; TIME EVOLUTIONS; WAVE NUMBERS;

SOLITONS;

EID: 63849192481     PISSN: 00222526     EISSN: 14679590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9590.2009.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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