Bound on the slope of steady water waves with favorable vorticity

DOI10.1007/S00205-016-1027-6MaRDI QIDQ338122zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Walter A. Strauss, Miles H. Wheeler

Publication date 4 November 2016

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.08158

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Solitary waves for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B25)

Abstract: We consider the angle $heta$ of inclination (with respect to the horizontal) of the profile of a steady 2D inviscid symmetric periodic or solitary water wave subject to gravity. Although $heta$ may surpass 30${}^{c}irc$ for some irrotational waves close to the extreme wave, Amick [Ami87] proved that for any irrotational wave the angle must be less than 31.15${}^{c}irc$. Is the situation similar for periodic or solitary waves that are not irrotational? The extreme Gerstner wave has infinite depth, adverse vorticity and vertical cusps ($heta=90^{c}irc$). Moreover, numerical calculations show that even waves of finite depth can overturn if the vorticity is adverse. In this paper, on the other hand, we prove an upper bound of 45${}^{c}irc$ on $heta$ for a large class of waves with favorable vorticity and finite depth. In particular, the vorticity can be any constant with the favorable sign. We also prove a series of general inequalities on the pressure within the fluid, including the fact that any overturning wave must have a pressure sink.

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