4.II.18A
A rectangular tank has a horizontal base and vertical sides. Viewed from above, the cross-section of the tank is a square of side . At rest, the depth of water in the tank is . Suppose that the free-surface is disturbed in such a way that the flow in the water is irrotational. Take the pressure at the free surface as atmospheric. Starting from the appropriate non-linear expressions, obtain free-surface boundary conditions for the velocity potential appropriate for small-amplitude disturbances of the surface.
Show that the governing equations and boundary conditions admit small-amplitude normal mode solutions for which the free-surface elevation above its equilibrium level is everywhere proportional to , and find the frequencies, , of such modes.