Non-linear dispersion of water waves

DOI10.1017/S0022112067000424zbMath0146.23702MaRDI QIDQ5523615

G. B. Whitham

Publication date: 1967

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

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fluid mechanics

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