The nonlinear dispersion of Rayleigh waves

DOI10.1016/0167-2789(85)90016-8zbMath0602.76021MaRDI QIDQ1082185

D. F. Parker

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-2789(85)90016-8

zbMATH Keywords

shock formation; group velocity; Whitham's method; wave steepness; nonlinear amplitude dispersion; averaged variational principle; intrinsic scales of length; modulations of wavetrains; nonlinear Rayleigh waves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

74H45: Vibrations in dynamical problems in solid mechanics

76B15: Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction

74J20: Wave scattering in solid mechanics

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