Large fully nonlinear internal solitary waves: The effect of background current

DOI10.1063/1.1496510zbMath1185.76354MaRDI QIDQ3556116

K. G. Lamb, Marek Stastna

Publication date: 22 April 2010

Published in: Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1496510

zbMATH Keywords

wave propagation; solitons; shear flow; ocean waves; flow instability; stratified flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76-XX: Fluid mechanics

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