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For Hamiltonian description of noncontinuous stratified fluids, a number of the pair-wise canonically conjugate variables, i.e. the elevation and the difference in the momentum potential density evaluated at each interface, are found with respect to three stratified fluid systems. These systems are two ones for wave-current interactions concerning both a two-layer approach with an infinitely deep fluid and an n-layer approach with the lowest fluid over uneven bottoms, and one consisting of an n-layer of pure waves.
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Huang, H. (2009). Hamiltonian Description of Stratified Wave-Current Interactions. In: Dynamics of Surface Waves in Coastal Waters. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88831-4_8
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