Reappraisal of the Kelvin–Helmholtz problem. Part 1. Hamiltonian structure

DOI10.1017/S0022112096004272zbMath0892.76027OpenAlexW1975260938MaRDI QIDQ4361850

Publication date: 3 August 1998

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112096004272

zbMATH Keywords

gravity conservation laws bifurcation surface tension symmetries plane vortex sheet nonlinear travelling waves Benjamin-Feir instability superharmonic instability multivalued folded vortex sheet opposite Krein signature single-valued interface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear effects in hydrodynamic stability (76E30) Dynamical aspects of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37J99)

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