Amplitude equation and pattern selection in Faraday waves

A nonlinear theory of pattern selection in parametric surface waves (Faraday waves) is presented that is not restricted to small viscous dissipation. By using a multiple scale asymptotic expansion near threshold, a standing wave amplitude equation is derived from the governing equations. The amplitude equation is of gradient form, and the coefficients of the associated Lyapunov function are computed for regular patterns of various symmetries as a function of a viscous damping parameter gamma. For gamma approximately 1, the selected wave pattern comprises a single standing wave (stripe pattern). For gamma<1, patterns of square symmetry are obtained in the capillary regime (large frequencies). At lower frequencies (the mixed gravity-capillary regime), a sequence of sixfold (hexagonal), eightfold, ...patterns are predicted. For even lower frequencies (gravity waves) a stripe pattern is again selected. Our predictions of the stability regions of the various patterns are in quantitative agreement with recent experiments conducted in large aspect ratio systems.     

Observation of the nonlinear dispersion relation and spatial statistics of wave turbulence on the surface of a fluid

We report experiments on gravity-capillary wave turbulence on the surface of a fluid. The wave amplitudes are measured simultaneously in time and space by using an optical method. The full space-time power spectrum shows that the wave energy is localized on several branches in the wave-vector-frequency space. The number of branches depends on the power injected within the waves. The measurement of the nonlinear dispersion relation is found to be well described by a law suggesting that the energy transfer mechanisms involved in wave turbulence are restricted not only to purely resonant interaction between nonlinear waves. The power-law scaling of the spatial spectrum and the probability distribution of the wave amplitudes at a given wave number are also measured and compared to the theoretical predictions.     

Sound generation due to the interaction of surface waves

Two opposite gravity-capillary waves of equal frequency give rise to the formation of a standing wave on the ocean surface and, thus, in the nonlinear approximation, generate a sound wave of twofold frequency with an amplitude proportional to the squared height of the surface wave [1]. This effect, being caused by the nonlinear interaction of opposite surface waves, can give rise to the radiation of sound waves in both ocean and atmosphere [2]. Opposite waves can appear in the ocean as a result of different ocean-atmosphere interactions and, in particular, as a result of the blocking of capillary waves on the slope of a gravity wave.     

Soliton solutions for a generalized fifth-order KdV equation with t-dependent coefficients

We consider a generalized fifth-order KdV equation with time-dependent coefficients exhibiting higher-degree nonlinear terms. This nonlinear evolution equation describes the interaction between a water wave and a floating ice cover and gravity-capillary waves. By means of the subsidiary ordinary differential equation method, some new exact soliton solutions are derived. Among these solutions, we can find the well known bright and dark solitons with sech and tanh function shapes, and other soliton-like solutions. These solutions may be useful to explain the nonlinear dynamics of waves in an inhomogeneous KdV system supporting high-order dispersive and nonlinear effects.     

Two model equations with a second degree logarithmic nonlinearity and their Gaussian solutions

In the paper, we try to study the mechanism of the existence of Gaussian waves in high degree logarithmic nonlinear wave motions. We first construct two model equations which include the high order dispersion and a second degree logarithmic nonlinearity. And then we prove that the Gaussian waves can exist for high degree logarithmic nonlinear wave equations if the balance between the dispersion and logarithmic nonlinearity is kept. Our mathematical tool is the logarithmic trial equation method.     

Non-stationary regimes of surface gravity wave turbulence

We present experimental results about rising and decaying gravity wave turbulence in a large laboratory flume. We consider the time evolution of the wave energy spectral components in ω- and k-domains and demonstrate that emerging wave turbulence can be characterized by two time scales—a short dynamical scale due to nonlinear wave interactions and a longer kinetic time scale characterizing formation of a stationary wave energy spectrum. In the decay regime we observed the maximum of the wave energy spectrum decreasing in time initially as the power law, ∝t ^?1/2, as predicted by the weak turbulence theory, and then exponentially due to viscous friction.     

Application of higher-order KdV——mKdV model with higher-degree nonlinear terms to gravity waves in atmosphere

Higher-order Korteweg-de Vries (KdV)-modified KdV (mKdV) equations with a higher-degree of nonlinear terms are derived from a simple incompressible non-hydrostatic Boussinesq equation set in atmosphere and are used to investigate gravity waves in atmosphere. By taking advantage of the auxiliary nonlinear ordinary differential equation, periodic wave and solitary wave solutions of the fifth-order KdV--mKdV models with higher-degree nonlinear terms are obtained under some constraint conditions. The analysis shows that the propagation and the periodic structures of gravity waves depend on the properties of the slope of line of constant phase and atmospheric stability. The Jacobi elliptic function wave and solitary wave solutions with slowly varying amplitude are transformed into triangular waves with the abruptly varying amplitude and breaking gravity waves under the effect of atmospheric instability.     

Dispersion management for solitons in a Korteweg-de Vries system

The existence of "dispersion-managed solitons," i.e., stable pulsating solitary-wave solutions to the nonlinear Schrodinger equation with periodically modulated and sign-variable dispersion is now well known in nonlinear optics. Our purpose here is to investigate whether similar structures exist for other well-known nonlinear wave models. Hence, here we consider as a basic model the variable-coefficient Korteweg-de Vries equation; this has the form of a Korteweg-de Vries equation with a periodically varying third-order dispersion coefficient, that can take both positive and negative values. More generally, this model may be extended to include fifth-order dispersion. Such models may describe, for instance, periodically modulated waveguides for long gravity-capillary waves. We develop an analytical approximation for solitary waves in the weakly nonlinear case, from which it is possible to obtain a reduction to a relatively simple integral equation, which is readily solved numerically. Then, we describe some systematic direct simulations of the full equation, which use the soliton shape produced by the integral equation as an initial condition. These simulations reveal regions of stable and unstable pulsating solitary waves in the corresponding parametric space. Finally, we consider the effects of fifth-order dispersion. (c) 2002 American Institute of Physics.     

Rogue wave management in an inhomogeneous Nonlinear Fibre with higher order effects

We consider an inhomogeneous Hirota equation with variable dispersion and nonlinearity. We introduce a novel transformation which maps this equation to a constant coefficient Hirota equation. By employing this transformation we construct the rogue wave solution of the inhomogeneous Hirota equation. Furthermore, we demonstrate that one can control the rogue wave dynamics by suitably choosing the dispersion and the nonlinearity. These results suggest an efficient approach for controlling the basic features of the relevant rogue wave and may have practical implications for the management of the rogue waves in nonlinear optical systems.     

Explosive Instability of Gravity-Capillary Waves under Ultrasound Radiation Pressure

The parametric interaction of ultrasonic and gravity-capillary waves (GCWs) on a liquid surface has been investigated. Harmonic modulation of the intensity of a plane ultrasonic wave incident on the liquid surface from the depth provides nonlinear parametric coupling of GCW wave triads. We determined the resonance conditions, providing spatiotemporal synchronism of interacting waves, and the threshold ultrasound intensities, at which an explosive-type instability develops in the system of standing and traveling GCWs.     

Resonant excitation and nonlinear evolution of waves in the equatorial waveguide in the presence of the mean current

We study interactions of planetary waves propagating across the equator with trapped Rossby or Yanai modes, and the mean flow. The equatorial waveguide with a mean current acts as a resonator and responds to planetary waves with certain wave numbers by making the trapped modes grow. Thus excited waves reach amplitudes greatly exceeding the amplitude of the incoming wave. Nonlinear saturation of the excited waves is described by an amplitude equation with one or two attracting equilibrium solutions. In the latter case spatial modulation leads to formation of characteristic defects in the wave field. The evolution of the envelopes of long trapped Rossby waves is governed by the driven complex Ginzburg-Landau equation, and by the damped-driven nonlinear Schr?dinger equation for short waves. The envelopes of the Yanai waves obey a simple wave equation with cubic nonlinearity.     

Bifurcations and stability of internal solitary waves

We study both supercritical and subcritical bifurcations of internal solitary waves propagating along the interface between two deep ideal fluids. We derive a generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation to describe solitons near the critical density ratio corresponding to transition from subcritical to supercritical bifurcation. This equation takes into account gradient terms for the four-wave interactions (the so-called Lifshitz term and a nonlocal term analogous to that first found by Dysthe for pure gravity waves), as well as the six-wave nonlinear interaction term. Within this model, we find two branches of solitons and analyze their Lyapunov stability.     

Quasi-periodic solutions and asymptotic properties for the nonlocal Boussinesq equation

We construct the Hirota bilinear form of the nonlocal Boussinesq(nlBq) equation with four arbitrary constants for the first time. It is special because one arbitrary constant appears with a bilinear operator together in a product form. A straightforward method is presented to construct quasiperiodic wave solutions of the nl Bq equation in terms of Riemann theta functions. Due to the specific dispersion relation of the nl Bq equation, relations among the characteristic parameters are nonlinear, then the linear method does not work for them. We adopt the perturbation method to solve the nonlinear relations among parameters in the form of series. In fact, the coefficients of the governing equations are also in series form.The quasiperiodic wave solutions and soliton solutions are given. The relations between the periodic wave solutions and the soliton solutions have also been established and the asymptotic behaviors of the quasiperiodic waves are analyzed by a limiting procedure.     

一维非线性声波传播特性

针对一维非线性声波的传播问题进行了有限元仿真和实验研究. 首先推导了一维非线性声波方程的有限元形式, 含有高阶矩阵的非线性项导致声波具有波形畸变、谐波滋生、基频信号能量向高次谐波传递等非线性特性. 编制有限元程序对一维非线性声波进行了计算并对仿真得到的畸变非线性声波信号进行处理, 分析其传播性质和物理意义. 为验证有限元计算结果, 开展了水中的非线性声波传播的实验研究, 得到了不同输入信号幅度激励下和不同传播距离的畸变非线性声波信号. 然后对基波和二次谐波的传播性质进行详细讨论, 分析了二次谐波幅度与传播距离和输入信号幅度的变化关系及其意义, 拟合出二次谐波幅度随传播距离变化的方程并阐述了拟合方程的物理意义. 结果表明, 数值仿真信号及其频谱均与实验结果有较好的一致性, 证实计算方法和结果的正确性, 并提出了具有一定物理意义的二次谐波随传播距离变化的简单数学关系. 最后还对固体中的非线性声波传播性质进行了初步探讨. 本研究工作可为流体介质中的非线性声传播问题提供理论和实验依据.     

Evolution of basic equations for nearshore wave field

In this paper, a systematic, overall view of theories for periodic waves of permanent form, such as Stokes and cnoidal waves, is described first with their validity ranges. To deal with random waves, a method for estimating directional spectra is given. Then, various wave equations are introduced according to the assumptions included in their derivations. The mild-slope equation is derived for combined refraction and diffraction of linear periodic waves. Various parabolic approximations and time-dependent forms are proposed to include randomness and nonlinearity of waves as well as to simplify numerical calculation. Boussinesq equations are the equations developed for calculating nonlinear wave transformations in shallow water. Nonlinear mild-slope equations are derived as a set of wave equations to predict transformation of nonlinear random waves in the nearshore region. Finally, wave equations are classified systematically for a clear theoretical understanding and appropriate selection for specific applications.     

微扰法求解非线性驻波问题

在历史上,用微扰法求解非线性驻波是不成功的。本文对此进行了分析,认为微扰法给出的一次解是基本解,决定了驻波的基本波形。二次以上的解是由于非线性对波形的影响,使驻波波形上各点随时间运动稍加变动,因此对二次以上的微量只应保留其时间微商。这样所得解不但是稳定的,并且与根据波动方程的严格解基本相同。 关键词：     

Observation of intermittency in wave turbulence

We report the observation of intermittency in gravity-capillary wave turbulence on the surface of mercury. We measure the temporal fluctuations of surface wave amplitude at a given location. We show that the shape of the probability density function of the local slope increments of the surface waves strongly changes across the time scales. The related structure functions and the flatness are found to be power laws of the time scale on more than one decade. The exponents of these power laws increase nonlinearly with the order of the structure function. All these observations show the intermittent nature of the increments of the local slope in wave turbulence. We discuss the possible origin of this intermittency.     

Solitary waves in the resonant nonlinear Schrödinger equation: Stability and dynamical properties

The stability and dynamical properties of the so-called resonant nonlinear Schrödinger (RNLS) equation, are considered. The RNLS is a variant of the nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation with the addition of a perturbation used to describe wave propagation in cold collisionless plasmas. We first examine the modulational stability of plane waves in the RNLS model, identifying the modifications of the associated conditions from the NLS case. We then move to the study of solitary waves with vanishing and nonzero boundary conditions. Interestingly the RNLS, much like the usual NLS, exhibits both dark and bright soliton solutions depending on the relative signs of dispersion and nonlinearity. The corresponding existence, stability and dynamics of these solutions are studied systematically in this work.     

Absence of wave packet diffusion in disordered nonlinear systems

We study the spreading of an initially localized wave packet in two nonlinear chains (discrete nonlinear Schr?dinger and quartic Klein-Gordon) with disorder. Previous studies suggest that there are many initial conditions such that the second moment of the norm and energy density distributions diverges with time. We find that the participation number of a wave packet does not diverge simultaneously. We prove this result analytically for norm-conserving models and strong enough nonlinearity. After long times we find a distribution of nondecaying yet interacting normal modes. The Fourier spectrum shows quasiperiodic dynamics. Assuming this result holds for any initially localized wave packet, we rule out the possibility of slow energy diffusion. The dynamical state could approach a quasiperiodic solution (Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser torus) in the long time limit.     

Realization of a Gravity-Capillary Wave Surface Using Sub-Nyquist Spectral Samples

A method for numerical realization of a full gravity-capillary wave surface that is specified by a wave-spectral model and a dispersive relationship of the surface wave is developed on the basis of the angular spectral representation of a random water surface. A significant aspect of the method is that it requires a smaller number of spectral samples than that required by the Whitteker-Shannon sampling theorem for the complete generation of a full gravity-capillary wave surface, without resulting in any appreciable errors in auto-correlation functions for the surface displacement or surface slopes. The method enables the unified treatment of gravity and capillary waves in numerical studies of higher order characteristics of the thermal radiation emitted from, and the light scattered by, the wave surface.