Existence and stability of interfacial capillary-gravity solitary waves with constant vorticity

arXiv2208.08103MaRDI QIDQ6408074FDOQ6408074

Publication date: 17 August 2022

Abstract: In this paper, we consider capillary-gravity waves propagating on the interface separating two fluids of finite depth and constant density. The flow in each layer is assumed to be incompressible and of constant vorticity. We prove the existence of small-amplitude solitary wave solutions to this system in the strong surface tension regime via a spatial dynamics approach. We then use a variant of the classical Grillakis--Shatah--Strauss (GSS) method to study the orbital stability/instability of these waves. We find an explicit function of the parameters (Froude number, Bond number, and the depth and density ratios) that characterizes the stability properties. In particular, conditionally orbitally stable and unstable waves are shown to be possible.

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