Mathematical analysis of inertial waves in rectangular basins with one sloping boundary

DOI10.1111/SAPM.12169zbMATH Open1373.35254arXiv1610.06605OpenAlexW2964346523MaRDI QIDQ4588948FDOQ4588948

Authors: S. D. Troitskaya 

Publication date: 6 November 2017

Published in: Studies in Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Here we consider the problem of small oscillations of a rotating inviscid incompressible fluid. From a mathematical point of view, new exact solutions to the two-dimensional Poincar'e-Sobolev equation in a class of domains including trapezoid are found in an explicit form and their main properties are described. These solutions correspond to the absolutely continuous spectrum of a linear operator that is associated with this system of equations. For specialists in Astrophysics and Geophysics the existence of these solutions signifies the existence of some previously unknown type of inertial waves corresponding to the continuous spectrum of inertial oscillations. A fundamental distinction between monochromatic inertial waves and waves of the new type is shown: usual characteristics (frequency, amplitude, wave vector, dispersion relation, direction of energy propagation, and so on) are not applicable to the last. Main properties of these waves are described. In particular it is proved that they are progressive. Main features of their energy transfer are described. The existence of such inertial waves enables us to explain in a new way a lot of experimental data that were obtained in Geophysics in the past two decades and to predict the occurrence of such oscillations in natural waters.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.06605

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Oscillation, zeros of solutions, mean value theorems, etc. in context of PDEs (35B05) PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05)

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