On functional equations leading to exact solutions for standing internal waves

The Dirichlet problem for the wave equation is a classical example of a problem which is ill-posed. Nevertheless, it has been used to model internal waves oscillating harmonically in time, in various situations, standing internal waves amongst them. We consider internal waves in two-dimensional doma...

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Main Authors: Beckebanze, F., Keady, Grant
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48135
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description The Dirichlet problem for the wave equation is a classical example of a problem which is ill-posed. Nevertheless, it has been used to model internal waves oscillating harmonically in time, in various situations, standing internal waves amongst them. We consider internal waves in two-dimensional domains bounded above by the plane z=0 and below by z=−d(x) for depth functions d. This paper draws attention to the Abel and Schröder functional equations which arise in this problem and use them as a convenient way of organising analytical solutions. Exact internal wave solutions are constructed for a selected number of simple depth functions d.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-481352017-10-09T01:08:20Z On functional equations leading to exact solutions for standing internal waves Beckebanze, F. Keady, Grant The Dirichlet problem for the wave equation is a classical example of a problem which is ill-posed. Nevertheless, it has been used to model internal waves oscillating harmonically in time, in various situations, standing internal waves amongst them. We consider internal waves in two-dimensional domains bounded above by the plane z=0 and below by z=−d(x) for depth functions d. This paper draws attention to the Abel and Schröder functional equations which arise in this problem and use them as a convenient way of organising analytical solutions. Exact internal wave solutions are constructed for a selected number of simple depth functions d. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48135 10.1016/j.wavemoti.2015.09.009 Elsevier BV fulltext
spellingShingle Beckebanze, F.
Keady, Grant
On functional equations leading to exact solutions for standing internal waves
title On functional equations leading to exact solutions for standing internal waves
title_full On functional equations leading to exact solutions for standing internal waves
title_fullStr On functional equations leading to exact solutions for standing internal waves
title_full_unstemmed On functional equations leading to exact solutions for standing internal waves
title_short On functional equations leading to exact solutions for standing internal waves
title_sort on functional equations leading to exact solutions for standing internal waves
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48135