Hamiltonian Formulation of 2 Bounded Immiscible Media with Constant Non-Zero Vorticities and a Common Interface

Alan Compelli

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Abstract

We examine a 2-dimensional water-wave system, with gravitationally induced waves, consisting of a lower medium bound underneath by an impermeable flat bed and an upper medium bound above by an impermeable lid such that the 2 media have a free common interface. Both media have constant density and constant (non-zero) vorticity. By examining the governing equations of the system we calculate the Hamiltonian of the system in terms of it's conjugate variables and per- form a variable transformation to show that it has canonical Hamiltonian structure.
Original languageEnglish
JournalWave Motion
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2014

Keywords

  • 2-dimensional water-wave system
  • gravitationally induced waves
  • constant density
  • constant vorticity
  • Hamiltonian
  • conjugate variables
  • canonical Hamiltonian structure

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