Stratified steady inviscid water flows with effects of surface tension and constant non-zero vorticity

Abstract

AbstractIn this paper we consider steady inviscid three-dimensional stratified water flows of finite depth with a free surface and an interface. The interface plays the role of an internal wave that separates two layers of constant and different density. We study two cases separately: when the free surface and the interface are functions of one variable and when the free surface and the interface are functions of two variables. In both cases, considering effects of surface tension, we prove that the bounded solutions to the three-dimensional equations are essentially two-dimensional. More specifically, assuming that the vorticity vectors in the two layers are constant, non-vanishing and parallel to each other we prove that their third coordinate vanishes in both layers. Also we prove that the free surface, the interface, the pressure and the velocity field present no variations in the direction orthogonal to the direction of motion.