Long wave approximation for water waves under a Coriolis forcing and the Ostrovsky equation

DOI10.1017/S0308210518000136zbMATH Open1406.35291arXiv1603.08782OpenAlexW2963335620WikidataQ129510708 ScholiaQ129510708MaRDI QIDQ4645784FDOQ4645784

Authors: Benjamin Melinand 

Publication date: 10 January 2019

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Section A Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This paper is devoted to the study of the long wave approximation for water waves under the influence of the gravity and a Coriolis forcing. We start by deriving a generalization of the Boussinesq equations in 1D (in space) and we rigorously justify them as an asymptotic model of the water waves equations. These new Boussinesq equations are not the classical Boussinesq equations. A new term due to the vorticity and the Coriolis forcing appears that can not be neglected. Then, we study the Boussinesq regime and we derive and fully justify different asymptotic models when the bottom is flat : a linear equation linked to the Klein-Gordon equation admitting the so-called Poincar{'e} waves; the Ostrovsky equation, which is a generalization of the KdV equation in presence of a Coriolis forcing, when the rotation is weak; and finally the KdV equation when the rotation is very weak. Therefore, this work provides the first mathematical justification of the Ostrovsky equation. Finally, we derive a generalization of the Green-Naghdi equations in 1D in space for small topography variations and we show that this model is consistent with the water waves equations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.08782

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zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic modelswater wave equationsshallow watersCoriolis forcing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics (35Q35) Existence, uniqueness, and regularity theory for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B03) KdV equations (Korteweg-de Vries equations) (35Q53) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05) Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15)

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