Nonlinear water waves with applications to wave-current interactions and tsunamis /

This overview of some of the main results and recent developments in nonlinear water waves presents fundamental aspects of the field and discusses several important topics of current research interest. It contains selected information about water-wave motion for which advanced mathematical study can...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Constantin, Adrian
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, ©2011.
Series:CBMS-NSF regional conference series in applied mathematics ; 81.
Subjects:
Nonlinear waves.
Nonlinear wave equations.
Tsunamis > Mathematical models.
Ondes non linéaires.
Équations d'onde non linéaires.
Tsunamis > Modèles mathématiques.
tidal waves.
Nonlinear wave equations
Nonlinear waves
Tsunamis > Mathematical models
Engineering & Applied Sciences.
Applied Mathematics.
Elliptic free boundary problems
Bifurcation theory
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Preliminaries
  • Chapter 3. Wave-current interactions
  • Chapter 4. Fluid kinematics for wave trains
  • Chapter 5. Solitary water waves
  • Chapter 6. Breaking waves
  • Chapter 7. Modeling tsunamis
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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