Surface and interfacial gravity waves due to a disturbance steadily moving in a two-layer inviscid fluid

The generation and interaction of surface and interfacial gravity waves due to an submerged source moving in a two-layer fluid are investigated analytically for two-dimensional cases. The fluid is assumed to be inviscid and incompressible. The density of each of the two layers is constant. Two different boundary conditions are considered for the upper surface. The upper fluid of finite depth is bounded above by a rigid lid or a free surface. Based on the assumption of small-amplitude waves, a linear system is established. The integral solutions for the free-surface and interfacial elevations are obtained by means of the Fourier transform. Then the corresponding asymptotic representations are derived for far-field waves by the residue theorem. The critical Froude numbers for the existence of far-field waves are derived for the two-layer system bounded above by a rigid lid or a free surface. The effect of different upper boundary conditions on the wave generation are discussed.