Steady water waves in the presence of wind

DOI10.1137/120880124zbMATH Open1277.37083arXiv1211.3308OpenAlexW2039049259MaRDI QIDQ2855124FDOQ2855124

Authors: Samuel Walsh, Oliver Bühler, J. Shatah 

Publication date: 24 October 2013

Published in: SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we develop an existence theory for small amplitude, steady, two-dimensional water waves in the presence of wind in the air above. The presence of the wind is modeled by a Kelvin--Helmholtz type discontinuity across the air--water interface, and a corresponding jump in the circulation of the fluids there. We consider both fluids to be inviscid, with the water region being irrotational and of finite depth. The air region is considered with constant vorticity in the case of infinite depth and with a general vorticity profile in the case of a finite, lidded atmosphere.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.3308

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zbMATH Keywords

traveling wavesbifurcation theorywater waveswind wave

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Local and nonlocal bifurcation theory for dynamical systems (37G99) PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) Dynamical systems in fluid mechanics, oceanography and meteorology (37N10) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05)

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