Abstract
Experimental and theoretical results are presented for binary collisions between co-propagating and counter-propagating solitary waves. The experiments provide high-resolution measurements of water surface profiles at fixed times, thereby enabling direct comparisons with predictions by a variety of mathematical models. These models include the 2-soliton solution of the Korteweg-deVries equation, numerical solutions of the Euler equations, and linear superposition of KdV solitons.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Advances in Engineering Mechanics Reflections and Outlooks |
| Subtitle of host publication | In Honor of Theodore Y-T Wu |
| Publisher | World Scientific Publishing Co. |
| Pages | 173-194 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789812702128 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9812561447, 9789812561442 |
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| State | Published - Jan 1 2005 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Engineering