Traveling waves from the arclength parameterization: Vortex sheets with surface tension
Author(s) -
Benjamin F. Akers,
David M. Ambrose,
James Wright
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
interfaces and free boundaries mathematical analysis computation and applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.964
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1463-9971
pISSN - 1463-9963
DOI - 10.4171/ifb/306
Subject(s) - vortex , surface tension , cartesian coordinate system , ansatz , physics , traveling wave , classical mechanics , surface (topology) , mechanics , space (punctuation) , mathematical analysis , geometry , mathematics , computer science , quantum mechanics , operating system
We study traveling waves for the vortex sheet with surface tension. We use the anglearclength description of the interface rather than Cartesian coordinates, and we utilize an arclength parameterization as well. In this setting, we make a new formulation of the traveling wave ansatz. For this problem, it should be possible for traveling waves to overturn, and notably, our formulation does allow for waves with multi-valued height. We prove that there exist traveling vortex sheets with surface tension bifurcating from equilibrium. We compute these waves by means of a quasi-Newton iteration in Fourier space; we find continua of traveling waves bifurcating from equilibrium and extending to include overturning waves, for a variety of values of the mean vortex sheet strength.
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