Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6418930 Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 2013 10 Pages PDF
Abstract

We investigate the particle trajectories in solitary waves with vorticity, where the vorticity is assumed to be negative and decrease with depth. We show that the individual particle moves in a similar way as that in the irrotational case if the underlying laminar flow is favorable, that is, the flow is moving in the same direction as of the wave propagation throughout the fluid, and show that if the underlying current is not favorable, some particles in a sufficiently small solitary wave move in the opposite direction to that of wave propagation along a path with a single loop or hump.

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