Variational problems in the theory of hydroelastic waves
This paper outlines a mathematical approach to steady periodic waves which propagate with constant velocity and without change of form on the surface of a three-dimensional expanse of fluid which is at rest at infinite depth and moving irrotationally under gravity, bounded above by a frictionless el...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rsta.2017.0343 2024-06-02T08:14:18+00:00 Variational problems in the theory of hydroelastic waves Plotnikov, P. I. Toland, J. F. Simons Foundation EPSRC Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2017.0343 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsta.2017.0343 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsta.2017.0343 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences volume 376, issue 2129, page 20170343 ISSN 1364-503X 1471-2962 journal-article 2018 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2017.0343 2024-05-07T14:16:38Z This paper outlines a mathematical approach to steady periodic waves which propagate with constant velocity and without change of form on the surface of a three-dimensional expanse of fluid which is at rest at infinite depth and moving irrotationally under gravity, bounded above by a frictionless elastic sheet. The elastic sheet is supposed to have gravitational potential energy, bending energy proportional to the square integral of its mean curvature (its Willmore functional), and stretching energy determined by the position of its particles relative to a reference configuration. The equations and boundary conditions governing the wave shape are derived by formulating the problem, in the language of geometry of surfaces, as one for critical points of a natural Lagrangian, and a proof of the existence of solutions is sketched. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Modelling of sea-ice phenomena’. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sea ice The Royal Society Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 376 2129 20170343 |
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This paper outlines a mathematical approach to steady periodic waves which propagate with constant velocity and without change of form on the surface of a three-dimensional expanse of fluid which is at rest at infinite depth and moving irrotationally under gravity, bounded above by a frictionless elastic sheet. The elastic sheet is supposed to have gravitational potential energy, bending energy proportional to the square integral of its mean curvature (its Willmore functional), and stretching energy determined by the position of its particles relative to a reference configuration. The equations and boundary conditions governing the wave shape are derived by formulating the problem, in the language of geometry of surfaces, as one for critical points of a natural Lagrangian, and a proof of the existence of solutions is sketched. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Modelling of sea-ice phenomena’. |
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Variational problems in the theory of hydroelastic waves |
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