A variational formulation of vertical slice models

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

Volumn 469, Issue 2155, 2013, Pages

  Cotter, C J ^a   Holm, D D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kelvin circulation laws; Slice models; Variational principles

Indexed keywords

EULER EQUATIONS; HAMILTONIANS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MACH NUMBER; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

BOUSSINESQ EQUATIONS; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; KELVIN CIRCULATION LAWS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL EQUATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL VELOCITY; VARIATIONAL FORMULATION; VARIATIONAL FRAMEWORK; VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84878996584     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2012.0678     Document Type: Article

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