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Shallow water waves on shear flows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

N. C. Freeman  and
R. S. Johnson
N. C. Freeman
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
R. S. Johnson
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
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Abstract

An equation for waves on the surface of a flow with shear is deduced and shown to reduce by suitable scaling to the classical equation of Korteweg & de Vries, which describes such motions on a stationary flow. For steady flows the corresponding theory of cnoidal waves is obtained and the results of Benjamin (1962) for a solitary wave recovered.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 42 , Issue 2 , 22 June 1970 , pp. 401 - 409
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© 1970 Cambridge University Press

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