Environmental Stratified Flows (Topics in Environmental Fluid Mechanics)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780792376057
Subjects: Mechanics of fluids; The Environment; Stratified flow; Fluid Mechanics; Geophysics; Science; Science/Mathematics; Mechanics - General; Mechanics - Dynamics - Fluid Dynamics; Science / Environmental Science; Science / Mechanics / Dynamics / Fluid Dynamics
First sentence: Solitary waves are finite-amplitude waves of permanent form which owe their existence to a balance between nonlinear wave-steepening processes and linear waves dispersion.