On interfacial solitary waves over slowly varying topography

DOI10.1017/S0022112084002664zbMath0566.76018MaRDI QIDQ3682104

W. K. Melville, Karl Helfrich, J. W. Miles

Publication date: 1984

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

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic solutionsevolution equationcubic nonlinearitysolved numericallyinitial profilechange of polarity of the incident wavesexplicit pseudospectral methodinverse- scattering theorylong, weakly nonlinear interfacial solitary wavestwo-layer liquid of gradually varying depth

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Solitary waves for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B25)

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• Characteristics of internal solitary waves