Inherently unstable internal gravity waves due to resonant harmonic generation
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DOI10.1017/JFM.2016.754zbMATH Open1383.76053arXiv1604.02640OpenAlexW2495359603MaRDI QIDQ5360656FDOQ5360656
Authors: Yong Liang, Ahmad Zareei, Mohammad-Reza Alam 
Publication date: 28 September 2017
Abstract: Here we show that there exist internal gravity waves that are inherently unstable, that is, they cannot exist in nature for a long time. The instability mechanism is a one-way (irreversible) harmonic-generation resonance that permanently transfers the energy of an internal wave to its higher harmonics. We show that, in fact, there are countably infinite number of such unstable waves. For the harmonic-generation resonance to take place, nonlinear terms in the free surface boundary condition play a pivotal role, and the instability does not obtain for a linearly-stratified fluid if a simplified boundary condition such as rigid lid or linear form is employed. Harmonic-generation resonance presented here also provides a mechanism for the transfer of the energy of the internal waves to the higher-frequency part of the spectrum where internal waves are more prone to breaking, hence losing energy to turbulence and heat and contributing to oceanic mixing.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.02640
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