Nonlinear Waves (Paperback)

Part I. Nonlinear Waves in Fluids: 1. Towards the Analytic Description of Overturning Waves Michael S. Longuet-Higgins; 2. The Korteweg-de Vries Equation and Related Problems in Water Wave Theory R. S. Johnson; 3. Solitary Waves in Slowly Varying Environments: Long Nonlinear Waves R. Grimshaw; 4. Nonlinear Waves in a Channel M. C. Shen; 5. Soliton Behaviour in Models of Baroclinic Instability Irene M. Moroz and John Brindley; 6. Waves and Wave Groups in Deep Water Peter J. Bryant; 7. Two- and Three-Wave Resonance Alex D. D. Craik; Part II. Nonlinear waves in Plasmas; 8. Nonlinear Electromagnetic Waves in Flowing Plasma N. E. Andreev, V. P. Silin and P. V. Silin; 9. Superluminous Waves in Plasmas P. C. Clemmow; 10. Electrostatic Ion Cyclotron Waves and Ion Heating in a Magnetic Field H. Okuda; 11. Solitons in Plasma Physics P. K. Shukla; 12. A Theory for the Propagation of Slowly Varying Nonlinear Waves in a Non-Uniform Plasma R. J. Gribben.