Derivation and analysis of the nonlinear boundary conditions at the deformable interface between two fluids

Abstract

The boundary conditions at the deformable interface between two contacting fluids are derived for the general case of the large-amplitude perturbations. The interface is modeled as perturbed free boundary that evolves in time, and the non-linear description is performed and analyzed in a wide range of physical situations. The differential equations of the interfacial motion thus obtained may be useful in research of the non-linear development of the classical hydrodynamic instabilities. They should play an important role in the understanding of the hydrodynamic phenomena associated with the flows involving complex interfacial evolution including parametric control of the boundaries in continua (for example, with electromagnetic field or/and vibration).