On the wind generation of water waves

DOI10.1007/S00205-016-1012-0zbMATH Open1356.35165arXiv1505.02032OpenAlexW2223878847MaRDI QIDQ338095FDOQ338095

Authors: Oliver Bühler, J. Shatah, Samuel Walsh, Chongchun Zeng 

Publication date: 4 November 2016

Published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this work, we consider the mathematical theory of wind generated water waves. This entails determining the stability properties of the family of laminar flow solutions to the two-phase interface Euler equation. We present a rigorous derivation of the linearized evolution equations about an arbitrary steady solution, and, using this, we give a complete proof of the instability criterion of Miles. Our analysis is valid even in the presence of surface tension and a vortex sheet (discontinuity in the tangential velocity across the air--sea interface). We are thus able to give a unified equation connecting the Kelvin--Helmholtz and quasi-laminar models of wave generation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1505.02032

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zbMATH Keywords

stability analysiswater wavesquasi-laminar model of wave generationtwo-phase Euler equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Euler equations (35Q31) Capillarity (surface tension) for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B45) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Interfacial stability and instability in hydrodynamic stability (76E17)

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