English
Related papers

Related papers: A new application of Crapper's exact solution to w…

200 papers

This paper studies the nonlinear stability of capillary-gravity waves propagating along the interface dividing two immiscible fluid layers of finite depth. The motion in both regions is governed by the incompressible and irrotational Euler…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-03-09 Robin Ming Chen , Samuel Walsh

We investigate an effect of the resonant interaction in the case of one-directional propagation of capillary-gravity surface waves arising as the free surface of a rotational water flow. Specifically, we assume a constant vorticity in the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-11-14 Rossen I. Ivanov , Calin I. Martin

We prove real analyticity of all the streamlines, including the free surface, of a gravity- or capillary-gravity-driven steady flow of water over a flat bed, with a H\"{o}lder continuous vorticity function, provided that the propagating…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-11-20 Hua Chen , Wei-Xi Li , Ling-Jun Wang

In this paper, we study solitary waves propagating along the surface of an infinitely deep body of water in two or three dimensions. The waves are acted upon by gravity and capillary effects are allowed --- but not required --- on the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-07-30 Robin Ming Chen , Samuel Walsh , Miles H. Wheeler

In this paper we construct periodic capillarity-gravity water waves with an arbitrary bounded vorticity distribution. This is achieved by reexpressing, in the height function formulation of the water wave problem, the boundary condition…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-18 Anca-Voichita matioc , Bogdan-Vasile Matioc

We present explicit solutions for the ordinary differential equations system describing the motion of the particles beneath small-amplitude capillary-gravity waves which propagate on the surface of an irrotational water flow with a flat…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-06-21 Delia Ionescu-Kruse

We consider the gravity-capillary water waves equations of a 2D fluid with constant vorticity. By employing variational methods we prove the bifurcation of periodic traveling water waves -- which are steady in a moving frame -- for {\it…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-12 T. Barbieri , M. Berti , A. Maspero , M. Mazzucchelli

We consider the two-dimensional deep gravity-capillary water waves with point vortices. We first formulate the question in the holomorphic coordinates. Then, we derive an a priori energy estimate for water waves, and show that the water…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-28 Lizhe Wan

In this paper, we study two-dimensional steady solitary gravity waves propagating along the surface of a fluid of finite depth. In particular, we can deal with general vorticity distributions and overhanging wave profiles. By conformal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Jifeng Chu , Zihao Wang , Yong Zhang

We present an exact three-dimensional wave solution to the shearing sheet equations of motion. The existence of this solution argues against transient amplification as a route to turbulence in unmagnetized disks. Moreover, because the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Steven A. Balbus , John F. Hawley

In this manuscript, consideration is given to the existence of periodic traveling-wave solutions to the $abcd$-system. This system was derived by Bona, Saut, and Chen to describe small amplitude, long wavelength gravity waves on the surface…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-02-28 Jake Daniels , Nghiem V. Nguyen

Starting with the pioneering computations of Stokes in 1847, the search of traveling waves in fluid mechanics has always been a fundamental topic, since they can be seen as building blocks to determine the long time dynamics (which is a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-09-15 Roberto Feola , Riccardo Montalto , Shulamit Terracina

We consider three-dimensional geophysical flows at arbitrary latitude and with constant vorticity beneath a wave train and above a flat bed in the $\beta$-plane approximation with centripetal forces. We consider the $f$-plane approximation…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-10-16 Jifeng Chu , Yanjuan Yang

When traditional linearised theory is used to study gravity-capillary waves produced by flow past an obstruction, the geometry of the object is assumed to be small in one or several of its dimensions. In order to preserve the nonlinear…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-10-16 Philippe H. Trinh , S. Jonathan Chapman

In the linear approximation, we study a one-dimensional problem of the reflectionless wave propagation on a surface of a shallow duct with the spatially varying water depth, duct width, and current. We show that both global and bounded…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-12-08 Semyon Churilov , Yury Stepanyants

This paper considers two-dimensional steady solitary waves with constant vorticity propagating under the influence of gravity over an impermeable flat bed. Unlike in previous works on solitary waves, we allow for both internal stagnation…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-10-12 Susanna V. Haziot , Miles. H. Wheeler

In this paper, we examine the formation of small capillary waves (parasitic ripples) on the surface of steep steadily-travelling gravity waves. Previously, authors have developed ad-hoc analytical procedures for describing the formation of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-07-28 Josh Shelton , Paul Milewski , Philippe H. Trinh

We consider steady solutions to the incompressible Euler equations in a two-dimensional channel with rigid walls. The flow consists of two periodic layers of constant vorticity separated by an unknown interface. Using global bifurcation…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-06-23 Alex Doak , Karsten Matthies , Jonathan Sewell , Miles H. Wheeler

This study analyzes steady periodic hydroelastic waves propagating on the water surface of finite depth beneath nonlinear elastic membranes. Unlike previous work \cite{BaldiT,BaldiT1,Toland,Toland1}, our formulation accommodates rotational…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-07 Yong Zhang

We study steady axisymmetric water waves with general vorticity and swirl, subject to the influence of surface tension. Explicit solutions to such a water wave problem are static configurations where the surface is an unduloid, that is, a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-08-27 Anna-Mariya Otsetova , Erik Wahlén , Jörg Weber