On the Boussinesq model for two-dimensional wave motions in heterogeneous fluids

DOI10.1017/S0022112086003178zbMath0595.76023OpenAlexW2063197195MaRDI QIDQ3727574

Brooke Benjamin

Publication date: 1986

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112086003178

zbMATH Keywords

conservation lawsconserved densitysufficient conditionsstability propertiesBoussinesq modelnonlinear solitary wavestwo-dimensional wavescomplete symmetry groupsHamiltonian representationfluid with variable densityunbounded Boussinesq fluidvariational characterization steady wave motionswaves in heterogeneous fluids

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Internal waves for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B55) Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics (70H99)

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• A nonlinear Hamiltonian structure for the Euler equations
• Algebraic aspects of nonlinear differential equations
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• Solitary internal waves in deep water

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