Paper 3, Section II, B
Part IB, 2010
Write down the exact kinematic and dynamic boundary conditions that apply at the free surface of a fluid layer in the presence of gravity in the -direction. Show how these may be approximated for small disturbances of a hydrostatic state about . (The flow of the fluid is in the -plane and may be taken to be irrotational, and the pressure at the free surface may be assumed to be constant.)
Fluid of density fills the region . At the -component of the velocity is , where . Find the resulting disturbance of the free surface, assuming this to be small. Explain physically why your answer has a singularity for a particular value of .