A second-order theory for solitary waves in shallow fluids

DOI10.1063/1.863994MaRDI QIDQ4747760zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors John Anthony Gear, R. H. J. Grimshaw

Publication date 1983

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1063/1.863994

zbMATH Keywords

Korteweg-de Vries equationfree surfaceequilibrium positiontwo-layer fluidsmall-amplitudequadratic and cubic nonlinearitiessecond-order correctionamplitude expansioninversion layerdensity stratifiedshallow depthbasic shear flow linearBouissinesq approximationBrunt-Vaeisaelae frequency constantBrunt-Vaeisaelae frequency piecewise constantfirst order in amplitudeno basic shear

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Partial differential equations of mathematical physics and other areas of application (35Q99) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Solitary waves for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B25) Reaction effects in flows (76V05)

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