Fully nonlinear periodic internal waves in a two-fluid system of finite depth

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 652, Issue , 2010, Pages 259-298

  Camassa, R ^a   Rusas P O ^b   Saxena, A ^c   Tiron, R ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b ØSTFOLD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SAILING VESSELS; SOLITONS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANALYTICAL ESTIMATES; CLOSED-FORM RELATIONS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID; PERIODIC TRAVELLING WAVE SOLUTION; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; STRONGLY NONLINEAR; SUPERCRITICAL SPEED; TWO-DIMENSIONAL DOMAIN;

FLUIDS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; EULER FLOW; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; HOMOGENEITY; INTERNAL WAVE; MODEL VALIDATION; MOMENTUM; NONLINEAR WAVE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEAN WAVE; PARAMETERIZATION; PERIODICITY; SOLITARY WAVE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 77953593638     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010000054     Document Type: Article

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