Generation of surface gravity waves by bottom time-repetitive pulses

We investigate the deviation of free surface, generated by two repetitive excitations of the bottom surface, within the framework of model of a liquid of finite depth. The liquid is assumed to be incompressible and inviscid, which allows us to consider the problem in the potential statement. The problem is solved on the basis of the Hankel integral transformation by the radial coordinate and Laplace integral transformation by time with subsequent numerical inversion. We present and analyze some numerical results for the case of axially symmetric disturbance of the horizontal bottom surface (underwater earthquake). We show the appearance of waves with growing amplitudes for certain values of the time delay and increase in the rate of pulse rise. We also show that an increase in the pulse sharpness (its rise with time) will cause an increase in the amplitude.     

Nonlinear Stationary Surface Waves Above an Underwater Ridge

Given an ideal incompressible heavy irrotational fluid, we consider the exact statement of the problem on gravitational-capillary surface waves of small amplitude travelling along an underwater ridge. We show that, under some requirements on the shape of the bottom and the surface tension, the equations of an ideal incompressible fluid have smooth solutions periodic in the variable directed along the underwater ridge and decreasing exponentially with a small positive exponent in the perpendicular direction.     

Solitary wave solutions to the Isobe-Kakinuma model for water waves

We consider the Isobe-Kakinuma model for two-dimensional water waves in the case of a flat bottom. The Isobe-Kakinuma model is a system of Euler-Lagrange equations for a Lagrangian approximating Luke's Lagrangian for water waves. We show theoretically the existence of a family of small amplitude solitary wave solutions to the Isobe-Kakinuma model in the long wave regime. Numerical analysis for large amplitude solitary wave solutions is also provided and suggests the existence of a solitary wave of extreme form with a sharp crest.     

On an initial‐boundary value problem for a wide‐angle parabolic equation in a waveguide with a variable bottom

We consider the third‐order Claerbout‐type wide‐angle parabolic equation (PE) of underwater acoustics in a cylindrically symmetric medium consisting of water over a soft bottom B of range‐dependent topography. There is strong indication that the initial‐boundary value problem for this equation with just a homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition posed on B may not be well‐posed, for example when B is downsloping. We impose, in addition to the above, another homogeneous, second‐order boundary condition, derived by assuming that the standard (narrow‐angle) PE holds on B, and establish a priori H² estimates for the solution of the resulting initial‐boundary value problem for any bottom topography. After a change of the depth variable that makes B horizontal, we discretize the transformed problem by a second‐order accurate finite difference scheme and show, in the case of upsloping and downsloping wedge‐type domains, that the new model gives stable and accurate results. We also present an alternative set of boundary conditions that make the problem exactly energy conserving; one of these conditions may be viewed as a generalization of the Abrahamsson–Kreiss boundary condition in the wide‐angle case. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Resource-saving tracking problem with infinite time horizon

We consider the problem on the infinite-duration tracking of a prescribed trajectory of an inaccurately observed control system subjected to an unobservable dynamic disturbance. We construct a solution algorithm that is resource-saving in the sense that the control resources used for solving the problem for small noise values in the state observation channel are little different from the corresponding resources in the “ideal case” where the current values of the dynamic disturbance are available to direct observation.     

On the position of a vortex in a two-dimensional model of atmosphere

As a continuation of our work, Rozanova et al. (2010) [1] we study possible trajectories of a long time existing vortex in a model of the atmosphere dynamics, where the vortex can be interpreted as a tropical cyclone. The model can be obtained from the system of primitive equations governing the motion of air over the Earth’s surface after averaging over the height. We consider approximations of l-plane and β-plane used in geophysics for modeling of middle scale processes and equations on the whole sphere as well. We associate with a cyclone a special class of smooth solutions having a form of a localized steady non-singular vortex moving with a bearing field. We show that the solutions satisfy the equations of the model either exactly or with a discrepancy which is small in a neighborhood of the trajectory of the center of vortex. We show both analytically and numerically that the trajectory of a localized vortex keeps the features of trajectory of vortex with a linear profile of velocity, where the exact solution can be obtained.     

Rotational waves generated by current‐topography interaction

We study nonlinear free‐surface rotational waves generated through the interaction of a vertically sheared current with a topography. Equivalently, the waves may be generated by a pressure distribution along the free surface. A forced Korteweg–de Vries equation (fKdV) is deduced incorporating these features. The weakly nonlinear, weakly dispersive reduced model is valid for small amplitude topographies. To study the effect of gradually increasing the topography amplitude, the free surface Euler equations are formulated in the presence of a variable depth and a sheared current of constant vorticity. Under constant vorticity, the harmonic velocity component is formulated in a simplified canonical domain, through the use of a conformal mapping which flattens both the free surface as well as the bottom topography. Critical, supercritical, and subcritical Froude number regimes are considered, while the bottom amplitude is gradually increased in both the irrotational and rotational wave regimes. Solutions to the fKdV model are compared to those from the Euler equations. We show that for rotational waves the critical Froude number is shifted away from 1. New stationary solutions are found and their stability tested numerically.     

非轴对称模型Hagen-Poiseuille流的不稳定性

本文讨论流体通过圆管的运动不稳定性问题.作为流体运动所受的扰动波,我们考虑一个三维非线性模型.它的相关振幅函数满足扩散方程,当流体的雷诺数增大时,由于复杂的分子扩散和流体粘性的相互作用.该方程的扩散系数会出现负值.在"负扩散"现象出现时.在流体运动中出现的"湍流段"内部会引起能量的集中和使流体的阻尼减少.文中所得结果对说明圆管流中出现湍流段的实验现象是有价值的.     

A Long Wave Approximation for Capillary-Gravity Waves and an Effect of the Bottom

The Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) equation is known as a model of long waves in an infinitely long canal over a flat bottom and approximates the 2-dimensional water wave problem, which is a free boundary problem for the incompressible Euler equation with the irrotational condition. In this article, we consider the validity of this approximation in the case of the presence of the surface tension. Moreover, we consider the case where the bottom is not flat and study an effect of the bottom to the long wave approximation. We derive a system of coupled KdV like equations and prove that the dynamics of the full problem can be described approximately by the solution of the coupled equations for a long time interval. We also prove that if the initial data and the bottom decay at infinity in a suitable sense, then the KdV equation takes the place of the coupled equations.     

Stability theorem and truncation error analysis for the Glimm scheme and for a front tracking method for flows with strong discontinuities

Typical nonlinear wave interaction problems involve strong waves moving through a background of weak disturbance. Previous existence theorems and error analysis for computations are usually restricted to more idealized situations such as small data or single equations. We consider here the problem of a single strong discontinuity interacting with a weak background for general hyperbolic systems of conservation laws. We obtain the stability, consistency theorems and upper bounds of the truncation errors for the Glimm scheme and for a front tracking method. The major error in the Glimm scheme is the error generated by the strong discontinuity. This error is reduced when a front tracking method is applied to follow the location of the strong discontinuity. This demonstrates an advantage of front tracking methods in one-space dimension.     

Unconditionally Stable Splitting Methods for the Shallow Water Equations

The front-tracking method for hyperbolic conservation laws is combined with operator splitting to study the shallow water equations. Furthermore, the method includes adaptive grid refinement in multidimensions and shock tracking in one dimension. The front-tracking method is unconditionally stable, but for practical computations feasible CFL numbers are moderately above unity (typically between 1 and 5). The method resolves shocks sharply and is highly efficient. The numerical technique is applied to four test cases, the first being an expanding bore with rotational symmetry. The second problem addresses the question of describing the time development of two constant water levels separated by a dam that breaks instantaneously. The third problem compares the front-tracking method with an explicit analytic solution of water waves rotating over a parabolic bottom profile. Finally, we study flow over an obstacle in one dimension.     

Waves in an inhomogeneous fluid in the presence of a dock : PMM vol. 39, n 6, 1975, pp. 1140–1142

We investigate the propagation of waves generated by oscillations of a section of the bottom of a tank through a two-layer fluid, in the presence of a dock. Wave motions in an inhomogeneous fluid generated by displacement of a section of the bottom of a tank were studied in [1] where the upper surface of the fluid was assumed either to be completely free, or completely covered with ice. In the present paper we use the method given in [2] to investigate a similar problem under the assumption that the fluid surface is partly covered with an immovable rigid plate. The expressions obtained for the velocity potential are used to determine the form of the free surface and of the interface. We show that when the fluid is inhomogeneous, the wave amplitude on the free surface increases, while the presence of a plate reduces the amplitude of the surface waves, as well as of the internal waves in the region between the plate and the oscillating section of the bottom.     

Exact steady periodic water waves with vorticity

We consider the classical water wave problem described by the Euler equations with a free surface under the influence of gravity over a flat bottom. We construct two‐dimensional inviscid periodic traveling waves with vorticity. They are symmetric waves whose profiles are monotone between each crest and trough. We use bifurcation and degree theory to construct a global connected set of such solutions. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

On the Nonlinear Initial Value Problem for Vortex–Wave Interactions in Shear Flows

Small-amplitude wave systems interacting nonlinearly can produce 0(1)amplitude streamwise vortex structures through the vortex–wave interaction mechanism described, for example, by [1–3]. The key feature of the interaction is that the spanwise velocity component of a vortex is small as compared to the streamwise component so that a nonlinear wave system driving the spanwise velocity component through Reynolds stresses can provoke a 0(1) response of the vortex. The wave system can correspond to either a Rayleigh or Tollmien–Schlichting wave disturbance, but previous work on the initiation of the process has been confined to Rayleigh waves (see, for example, [5, 6]). Here, we address the nonlinear initial value problem for Tollmien–Schlichting wave–vortex interactions in channel flows. The evolution of the disturbances is accounted for using the phase equation approach of [7]. We determine the circumstances, if any, under which the finite amplitude vortex–wave equilibrium states of [4] are generated. Our discussion of the nonlinear evolution of a wave system points toward a possible mechanism for the experimentally observed breakup of three-dimensional instabilities into shorter streamwise scales.     

Analysis of a Nonlinear Diffusive Amplitude Equation for Waves on Thin Films

This paper presents analytical and numerical solutions of a new amplitude equation governing long waves on thin films. At lowest order in the long-wave parameter, the equation is nondispersive and represents a balance between nonlinearity and cross-stream diffusion. Numerical solutions tracing the temporal evolution of an initially localized disturbance indicate that the aforementioned diffusion partly mitigates the tendency of the wave to break. We have also obtained a closed-form solution resembling an undular bore propagating in an oblique direction.     

底部形状对圆柱形港池中驻波的影响

本文用摄动法讨论了具有不规则底部的圆柱形港池中的驻波.假设流体是无粘性、不可压、无旋的.为方便起见,采用柱坐标系.速度势、波形以及频率均以相应于振幅的小参数进行摄动展开,获得了轴对称波驻的分析解,当ω₁=0时,算出了二阶频率.作为一个算例,取圆柱体底部为一轴对称抛物面,算出这种不规则底部对驻波产生灼影响.最后,对几何因素的影响进行了详细的讨论.     

On the enhancement of diffusion by chaos, escape rates and stochastic instability

We consider stochastic perturbations of expanding maps of the interval where the noise can project the trajectory outside the interval. We estimate the escape rate as a function of the amplitude of the noise and compare it with the purely diffusive case. This is done under a technical hypothesis which corresponds to stability of the absolutely continuous invariant measure against small perturbations of the map. We also discuss in detail a case of instability and show how stability can be recovered by considering another invariant measure.

     

A Formulation for Water Waves over Topography

Many interesting free-surface flow problems involve a varying bottom. Examples of such flows include ocean waves propagating over topography, the breaking of waves on a beach, and the free surface of a uniform flow over a localized bump. We present here a formulation for such flows that is general and, from the outset, demonstrates the wave character of the free-surface evolution. The evolution of the free surface is governed by a system of equations consisting of a nonlinear wave-like partial differential equation coupled to a time-independent linear integral equation. We assume that the free-surface deformation is weakly nonlinear, but make no a priori assumption about the scale or amplitude of the topography. We also extend the formulation to include the effect of mean flows and surface tension. We show how this formulation gives some of the well-known limits for such problems once assumptions about the amplitude and scale of the topography are made.     

Global existence for coupled systems of nonlinear wave and Klein–Gordon equations in three space dimensions

We consider the Cauchy problem for coupled systems of wave and Klein–Gordon equations with quadratic nonlinearity in three space dimensions. We show global existence of small amplitude solutions under certain condition including the null condition on self-interactions between wave equations. Our condition is much weaker than the strong null condition introduced by Georgiev for this kind of coupled system. Consequently our result is applicable to certain physical systems, such as the Dirac–Klein–Gordon equations, the Dirac–Proca equations, and the Klein–Gordon–Zakharov equations.     

Local bifurcation and regularity for steady periodic capillary–gravity water waves with constant vorticity

We study periodic capillary–gravity waves at the free surface of water in a flow with constant vorticity over a flat bed. Using bifurcation theory the local existence of waves of small amplitude is proved even in the presence of stagnation points in the flow. We also derive the dispersion relation. Moreover, we prove a regularity result for the free surface.