scholarly journals On bounds and non-existence in the problem of steady waves with vorticity

2015 ◽  
Vol 765 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Kozlov ◽  
N. Kuznetsov ◽  
E. Lokharu

AbstractFor the problem describing steady gravity waves with vorticity on a two-dimensional unidirectional flow of finite depth the following results are obtained. (i) Bounds are found for the free-surface profile and for Bernoulli’s constant. (ii) If only one parallel shear flow exists for a given value of Bernoulli’s constant, then there are no wave solutions provided the vorticity distribution is subject to a certain condition.

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-428
Author(s):  
E Dinvay ◽  
N Kuznetsov

Summary A new operator equation for periodic gravity waves on water of finite depth is derived and investigated; it is equivalent to Babenko’s equation considered in Kuznetsov and Dinvay (Water Waves, 1, 2019). Both operators in the proposed equation are nonlinear and depend on the parameter equal to the mean depth of water, whereas each solution defines a parametric representation for a symmetric free surface profile. The latter is a component of a solution of the two-dimensional, nonlinear problem describing steady waves propagating in the absence of surface tension. Bifurcation curves (including a branching one) are obtained numerically for solutions of the new equation; they are compared with known results.


1970 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 509-521 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. L. Betts

The conditions under which stationary waves may exist on a stream of water of finite depth are investigated theoretically for the case of a current which is uniform except for a constant defect in velocity in a region near the free surface. The analysis is extended to provide a two-dimensional theory for the surface profile induced by a simplified model of a hovering craft. The relevance of this work to the use of high speed flumes is discussed, and an example demonstrates the importance of the velocity distribution near the free surface.


1980 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 603-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.-M. Vanden-Broeck

Steady two-dimensional potential flow past a semi-infinite flat-bottomed body is considered. This stern flow is assumed to separate tangentially from the body. Gravity waves of finite amplitude occur on the free surface. An exact relation between the amplitude of these waves and the Fronde number F is derived. It shows that these waves can exist only for F greater than the value F* = 2·23. This is slightly less than the value Fc = 2·26 at which breaking occurs. For F slightly larger than F*, the steepness is a multi-valued function of F, indicating the existence of more than one solution for these values of F. In addition, a numerical scheme based on an integro-differential equation formulation is derived to solve the problem in the fully nonlinear case. The shape of the free surface profile is computed for different values of F. As a check on the numerical results, they are shown to satisfy the exact relation between steepness and the Froude number.


2013 ◽  
Vol 717 ◽  
pp. 523-534 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Kozlov ◽  
Nikolay Kuznetsov

AbstractThe two-dimensional free-boundary problem describing steady gravity waves with vorticity on water of finite depth is considered. It is proved that no small-amplitude waves are supported by a horizontal shear flow whose free surface is still, that is, it is stagnant in a coordinate frame such that the flow is time-independent in it. The class of vorticity distributions for which such flows exist includes all positive constant distributions, as well as linear and quadratic ones with arbitrary positive coefficients.


Author(s):  
Didier Clamond

Steady two-dimensional surface capillary–gravity waves in irrotational motion are considered on constant depth. By exploiting the holomorphic properties in the physical plane and introducing some transformations of the boundary conditions at the free surface, new exact relations and equations for the free surface only are derived. In particular, a physical plane counterpart of the Babenko equation is obtained. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Nonlinear water waves’.


2021 ◽  
Vol 928 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. Guan ◽  
J.-M. Vanden-Broeck ◽  
Z. Wang

Two-dimensional periodic interfacial gravity waves travelling between two homogeneous fluids of finite depth are considered. A boundary-integral-equation method coupled with Fourier expansions of the unknown functions is used to obtain highly accurate solutions. Our numerical results show excellent agreement with those already obtained by Maklakov & Sharipov using a different scheme (J. Fluid Mech., vol. 856, 2018, pp. 673–708). We explore the global bifurcation mechanism of periodic interfacial waves and find three types of limiting wave profiles. The new families of solutions appear either as isolated branches or as secondary branches bifurcating from the primary branch of solutions.


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