Steady multilayer flows of an ideal incompressible fluid over an uneven bottom (Q1071622)

A method of investigating the steady flow of an ideal incompressible stratified fluid over a horizontal bottom with a local irregularity is proposed. The fluid is composed of a finite number of layers, and the density and tangential components of the velocity vector have first-order discontinuities at their boundaries. When mixed Eulerian-Lagrangian variables are used, the initial problem reduces to a boundary value problem with a known boundary, and then to a nonlinear integro- differential equation. The solution of the linearized problem is obtained in the form of the sum of Fourier series in terms of the eigenfunctions of the auxiliary spectral problem. The asymptotic behaviour of the waves appearing behind the bottom irregularity is studied together with the simplifications resulting from the assumption that the mean velocity of the unperturbed flow is close to one of the critical velocities of propagation of the long waves. A flow of a two-layer stream with a stepwise density distribution past an obstacle of arbitrary shape is solved as an example.