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Main Author: Iguchi, Tatsuo
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Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.09236
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author Iguchi, Tatsuo
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contents We consider the Isobe-Kakinuma model for water waves in both cases of the flat and the variable bottoms. The Isobe-Kakinuma model is a system of Euler-Lagrange equations for an approximate Lagrangian which is derived from Luke's Lagrangian for water waves by approximating the velocity potential in the Lagrangian appropriately. The Isobe-Kakinuma model consists of $(N+1)$ second order and a first order partial differential equations, where $N$ is a nonnegative integer. We justify rigorously the Isobe-Kakinuma model as a higher order shallow water approximation in the strongly nonlinear regime by giving an error estimate between the solutions of the Isobe-Kakinuma model and of the full water wave problem in terms of the small nondimensional parameter $δ$, which is the ratio of the mean depth to the typical wavelength. It turns out that the error is of order $O(δ^{4N+2})$ in the case of the flat bottom and of order $O(δ^{4[N/2]+2})$ in the case of variable bottoms.
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spellingShingle A mathematical justification of the Isobe-Kakinuma model for water waves with and without bottom topography
Iguchi, Tatsuo
Analysis of PDEs
We consider the Isobe-Kakinuma model for water waves in both cases of the flat and the variable bottoms. The Isobe-Kakinuma model is a system of Euler-Lagrange equations for an approximate Lagrangian which is derived from Luke's Lagrangian for water waves by approximating the velocity potential in the Lagrangian appropriately. The Isobe-Kakinuma model consists of $(N+1)$ second order and a first order partial differential equations, where $N$ is a nonnegative integer. We justify rigorously the Isobe-Kakinuma model as a higher order shallow water approximation in the strongly nonlinear regime by giving an error estimate between the solutions of the Isobe-Kakinuma model and of the full water wave problem in terms of the small nondimensional parameter $δ$, which is the ratio of the mean depth to the typical wavelength. It turns out that the error is of order $O(δ^{4N+2})$ in the case of the flat bottom and of order $O(δ^{4[N/2]+2})$ in the case of variable bottoms.
title A mathematical justification of the Isobe-Kakinuma model for water waves with and without bottom topography
topic Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.09236