title:
 
A Hamiltonian Formulation for Free Surface Water Waves with Non-Vanishing Vorticity
publication:
 
JNMP
volume-issue:   12 - Supplement 1
pages:   202 - 211
ISSN:
  1402-9251
DOI:
  doi:10.2991/jnmp.2005.12.s1.17 (how to use a DOI)
author(s):
 
Adrian CONSTANTIN
publication date:
 
January 2005
abstract:
 
We describe the derivation of a formalism in the context of the governing equations for two-dimensional water waves propagating over a flat bed in a flow with non-vanishing vorticity. This consists in providing a Hamiltonian structure in terms of two variables which are scalar functions.
copyright:
 
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