Abstract
We apply a canonical transformation to a water wave equation to remove cubic nonlinear terms and to drastically simplify fourth-order terms in the Hamiltonian. This transformation explicitly uses the vanishing exact four-wave interaction for water gravity waves for a 2D potential fluid. After transformation, the well-known but cumbersome Zakharov equation is drastically simplified and can be written in X-space in a compact form. This new equation is very suitable for analytical studies and numerical simulations.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 17-21 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | European Journal of Mechanics, B/Fluids |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Free surface
- Gravity waves
- Zakharov equation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Mathematical Physics
- General Physics and Astronomy
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