The pressure in a deep-water Stokes wave of greatest height (Q2629300): Difference between revisions

In this paper it is investigated the pressure profile of the fully nonlinear model for extreme Stokes waves over infinite depth. It will be shown that the pressure is strictly decreasing between a crest-line and subsequent trough-line within the fluid body, except along the crest-line and trough-line themselves, where the pressure is stationary with respect to the horizontal coordinate. Likewise, along the free surface it will be shown that the pressure is strictly decreasing between a wave crest and subsequent wave trough, except at the crest and trough themselves, where yet again the pressure is stationary in the horizontal direction. Lastly, it will be shown that the pressure is a strictly increasing function of depth at all points throughout the fluid domain.