Chaos in a long rectangular wave channel

The Melnikov method is applied to a model of parametrically generated cross-waves in a long rectangular channel in order to determine if these cross-waves are chaotic. A great deal of preparation is involved in order to obtain a suitable form for the application of the Melnikov method. The Lagrangia...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bowline, Cynthia M.
Other Authors: Hudspeth, Robert T.
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1957/35514