Variational Formulation of Rotational Steady Water Waves in Two-Layer Flows

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Original languageEnglish
Article number91
JournalJournal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics
Volume23
Issue number4
Early online date20 Aug 2021
Publication statusPublished - 4 Nov 2021

Abstract

We present a variational formulation for steady periodic water waves in two-layer flows by showing that critical points of a natural energy functional are solutions to the governing equations derived from first principles. We also compute the second variation of the functional.

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    Rotational water waves, Steady periodic waves, Two-layer flow, Variational formulation

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Variational Formulation of Rotational Steady Water Waves in Two-Layer Flows. / Chu, Jifeng; Ding, Qixing; Escher, Joachim.
In: Journal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 23, No. 4, 91, 04.11.2021.

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Chu J, Ding Q, Escher J. Variational Formulation of Rotational Steady Water Waves in Two-Layer Flows. Journal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics. 2021 Nov 4;23(4):91. Epub 2021 Aug 20. doi: 10.1007/s00021-021-00616-9
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