Water-waves modes trapped in a canal by a body with the rough surface

Abstract

The problem about a body in a three dimensional infinite channel is considered in the framework of the theory of linear water-waves. The body has a rough surface characterized by a small parameter $\epsilon >0$ while the distance of the body to the water surface is also of order $\epsilon$. Under a certain symmetry assumption, the accumulation effect for trapped mode frequencies is established, namely, it is proved that, for any given $d>0$ and integer $N>0$, there exists $\epsilon (d,N)>0$ such that the problem has at least $N$ eigenvalues in the interval $(0,d)$ of the continuous spectrum in the case $\epsilon \in (0,\epsilon (d,N))$. The corresponding eigenfunctions decay exponentially at infinity, have finite energy, and imply trapped modes.

25 pages, 8 figures