A fifth-order Korteweg-de Vries equation for shallow water with surface tension: Multiple soliton solutions

In this work we study a fifth-order Korteweg-de Vries equation for shallow water with surface tension derived by Dullin et al. The fifth-order Korteweg-de Vries equation, derived by using the nonlinear/non-local transformations introduced by Kodama, and the Camassa-Holm equation with linear dispersion, have very different behaviors despite being asymptotically equivalent. We use the simplified form of the Hirota direct method to derive multiple soliton solutions for this equation.