A regularized model for strongly nonlinear internal solitary waves

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 629, Issue , 2009, Pages 73-85

  Choi, Wooyoung ^a   Barros, Ricardo ^a   Jo, Tae Chang ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SOLITONS;

DEPTH-AVERAGED VELOCITIES; HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; INTERNAL SOLITARY WAVES; LARGE AMPLITUDE INTERNAL WAVES; LOCAL STABILITY ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; OCEANIC CONDITIONS; SOLI-TARY WAVE SOLUTIONS;

SHEAR FLOW;

AMPLITUDE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INSTABILITY; LINEARITY; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLITARY WAVE; WAVE VELOCITY; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 67650904801     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009006594     Document Type: Article

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