Asymptotic expansions for solitary gravity-capillary waves in two and three dimensions

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 465, Issue 2109, 2009, Pages 2725-2749

  Haut, T S ^a   Ablowitz, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary gravity waves; Solitary water waves; Stokes' extreme wave

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; CAPILLARITY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDRODYNAMICS; SOLITONS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE WAVES; WATER WAVES; WETTING;

ANALYTIC SOLUTION; ASYMPTOTIC EXPANSION; ASYMPTOTIC METHOD; ASYMPTOTIC SERIES; CAPILLARY-GRAVITY WAVES; ENERGY CONSIDERATIONS; EXTREME WAVES; GRAVITY CAPILLARY WAVES; HIGH-ORDER; KADOMTSEV-PETVIASHVILI EQUATION; KORTEWEG-DE VRIES EQUATIONS; MAXIMUM AMPLITUDE; SOLITARY WATER WAVES; SOLITARY WAVE; SOLITARY WAVE SOLUTION; STOKES' EXTREME WAVE; THREE DIMENSIONS; THREE-TERM; TWO-DIMENSION;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 70349412016     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2009.0112     Document Type: Article

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