Nearly-Hamiltonian Structure for Water Waves with constant vorticity

Authors

Adrian Constantin, University of ViennaFollow
Rossen Ivanov, Technological University DublinFollow
Emil Prodanov, Technological University DublinFollow

Document Type

Article

Rights

This item is available under a Creative Commons License for non-commercial use only

Disciplines

Applied mathematics

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.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s00021-006-0230-x

Recommended Citation

Constantin, A., Ivanov, R. & Prodanov, E. (2008). Nearly-Hamiltonian Structure for Water Waves with constant vorticity. Journal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics, vol. 10, no. 2, pg. 224-237. doi:10.1007/s00021-006-0230-x

Funder

Science Foundation Ireland, IRCSET