On the steady-state interfacial waves with two-dimensional type-A double exact resonance

Abstract

Steady-state interfacial waves under two-dimensional (2D) type-A exact triad resonance and other related resonances are researched in a two-layer liquid model with a free surface in contact with air. Five groups (groups 1–5) of convergent series solutions are achieved via the homotopy analysis method. It is found that the phenomenon of double exact resonance could exist in periodic interfacial waves if physical parameters correspond to the intersection of two exact resonance curves. The double exact resonance considered here contains a 2D type-A triad resonance and an other resonance. Under the 2D type-A exact triad resonance, the other resonant triad could obviously enlarge or reduce the wave amplitudes and energy proportions of primary and resonant components. Nevertheless, other resonant quartet, quintet, sextet, and septet all produce no influence on interfacial waves when the 2D type-A exact triad resonance occurs. The above-mentioned results indicate that in the neighborhood of the double exact triad resonance, small perturbations of wave vector of a primary component can cause huge changes on wave profiles of free surface and interface, wave amplitude spectrum, and energy distribution of internal waves in real ocean. In addition, the closer the interfacial waves are to the double exact triad resonance, the more possible energy combinations exist in the wave system, and the greater the number of steady-state interfacial wave solutions. All of this should deepen our understanding of nonlinear resonance interactions in short-crested internal waves.