On properties of vertical velocity for 2-D steady water waves

Abstract

In this article, we mainly investigate the properties of vertical velocity v for two dimensional steady water waves over a flat bed. Firstly we prove the existence of the inflection point for each streamline, then we find the behavior of v along each streamline depends strictly on concavity and convexity of streamline, which contributes to complete Constantin conjecture on v in Stokes wave. And the location of maximum vertical fluid velocity is also proven to be at the inflection point. Besides, we also extend our results to the cases with monotonous vorticity.