Capillary-gravity waves with boundaries: Three-dimensional effects (Q1114494)

The properties of capillary-gravity waves in the presence of vertical boundaries depend on the edge condition applied at the contact line on the boundaries. A condition that accounts for dynamics contact-angle variation is used to discuss some examples of waves that vary in both horizontal directions. These are the reflection of a wave moving obliquely towards a plane barrier, including the case of glancing incidence, and the propagation of waves along a channel bounded by two parallel walls. In both cases the waves are damped, except when the contact line is fixed or the contact angle is fixed. The reflection coefficients for waves at incidence and the frequencies and damping rates for the channel waves are calculated.