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On kinematic waves I. Flood movement in long rivers 1955 2026 1978 2002 6.0k
  1. On kinematic waves I. Flood movement in long rivers (1955)
    M. J. Lighthill, G. B. Whitham Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences
  2. A numerical and theoretical study of certain nonlinear wave phenomena (1978)
    Bengt Fornberg, G. B. Whitham Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences
  3. Linear and Nonlinear Waves (1976)
    G. B. Whitham, T. C. T. Ting Journal of Applied Mechanics
  4. On kinematic waves II. A theory of traffic flow on long crowded roads (1955)
    M. J. Lighthill, G. B. Whitham Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences
  5. Linear and Nonlinear Waves (1975)
    G. B. Whitham, Richard Fowler Physics Today

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G. B. Whitham 4156 3432 2032 3682 41 15.2k
M. J. Lighthill 978 6203 1253 3411 80 17.4k
Richard Fowler 2069 1550 958 475 39 6.5k
Randall J. LeVeque 1025 9377 354 708 125 15.4k
K. J. Whiteman 1885 1263 780 420 11 5.3k
Chi‐Wang Shu 2573 41614 548 1075 531 49.2k
Peter D. Lax 3679 8233 293 1301 151 18.2k
A. Papoulis 852 1356 476 1066 80 16.2k
Gilbert Strang 813 4704 374 1132 156 16.3k
Igor Mezić 4195 2948 263 1186 163 10.5k
Paris Perdikaris 9364 4098 169 1298 69 17.6k

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