Nearly-Hamiltonian structure for water waves with constant vorticity

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Abstract

We show that the governing equations for two-dimensional gravity water waves with constant non-zero vorticity have a nearly-Hamiltonian structure, which becomes Hamiltonian for steady waves.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)224-237
Number of pages14
JournalJournal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics
Volume10
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Constant vorticity
  • Hamiltonian formulation
  • Water waves

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