Axisymmetric capillary water waves with vorticity and swirl connecting to static unduloid configurations

We study steady axisymmetric water waves with general vorticity and swirl, subject to the influence of surface tension. Explicit solutions to such a water wave problem are static configurations where the surface is an unduloid, that is, a periodic surface of revolution with constant mean curvature....

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Published in:Journal of Differential Equations 2024-12, Vol.411, p.604-618
Main Authors: Otsetova, Anna-Mariya, Wahlén, Erik, Weber, Jörg
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Axisymmetric flows
Constant mean curvature
Elliptic integrals
Steady water waves
Vorticity
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Summary:We study steady axisymmetric water waves with general vorticity and swirl, subject to the influence of surface tension. Explicit solutions to such a water wave problem are static configurations where the surface is an unduloid, that is, a periodic surface of revolution with constant mean curvature. We prove that to any such configuration there connects a global continuum of non-static solutions by means of a global implicit function theorem. To prove this, the key is strict monotonicity of a certain function describing the mean curvature of an unduloid and involving complete elliptic integrals. From this point of view, this paper is an interesting interplay between water waves, geometry, and properties of elliptic integrals.
ISSN:0022-0396
DOI:10.1016/j.jde.2024.08.005