Abstract
The present study describes, first, an efficient algorithm for computing solutions in terms of capillary-gravity solitary waves of the irrotational Euler equations with a free surface and, second, provides numerical evidences of the existence of an infinite number of generalised solitary waves (solitary waves with undamped oscillatory wings). Using conformal mapping, the unknown fluid domain, which is to be determined, is mapped into a uniform strip of the complex plane. In the transformed domain, a Babenko-like equation is then derived and solved numerically.
Original language | British English |
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Pages (from-to) | 664-680 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Journal of Fluid Mechanics |
Volume | 784 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 6 Nov 2015 |
Keywords
- capillary waves
- solitary waves
- waves/free-surface flows