On the particle paths in solitary water waves

Quarterly of Applied Mathematics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-90

  Constantin, Adrian ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Conformal map; Euler equations; Free boundary; Particle trajectory

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; EULER EQUATIONS; FLOW PATTERNS;

CONFORMAL MAP; FREE BOUNDARY; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; PARTICLE PATHS; PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; SOLITARY WATER WAVE;

WATER WAVES;

EID: 77953922494     PISSN: 0033569X     EISSN: 15524485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0033-569x-09-01166-1     Document Type: Article

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