Higher-Order Asymptotic Approximations for Surface Love Waves of SH Type in Tranversely Isotropic Elastic Media

A uniform asymptotics of the surface Love modes for a special case of anisotropy (tranverse isotropy) of an elastic media is obtained. In constructing the asymptotics of surface waves, the space-time (ST) ray method is employed. The wave field of each Love mode is represented as the sum of the ST caustic expansion involving the Airy functions with a real eikonal and two correction terms that are ST ray solutions, which in fact are inhomogeneous waves with complex eikonals. The eikonals and coefficients of the caustic and ray series are sought in the form of expansions in powers of two variables. The first variable is the distance from the surface, whereas the other characterizes the proximity of the caustic of a ray field to the boundary surface. Thanks to the specific structure of the elasticity tensor for a transversely isotropic medium, the boundary surface is necessarily a plane. A recursion process of computation of higher terms of the asymptotic expansion allows one to trace the conversion of the formulas obtained to the known ray solutions for isotropic elastic media. Relations between the elasticity parameters of a medium are obtained that ensure the existence of SH Love waves in a transversely isotropic medium and that are consistent with the conditions of the positiveness of the elastic energy of deformation. Bibliography: 6 titles.     

Asymptotic solutions of the one-dimensional linearized Korteweg–de Vries equation with localized initial data

The Cauchy problem with localized initial data for the linearized Korteweg–de Vries equation is considered. In the case of constant coefficients, exact solutions for the initial function in the form of the Gaussian exponential are constructed. For a fairly arbitrary localized initial function, an asymptotic (with respect to the small localization parameter) solution is constructed as the combination of the Airy function and its derivative. In the limit as the parameter tends to zero, this solution becomes the exactGreen function for the Cauchy problem. Such an asymptotics is also applicable to the case of a discontinuous initial function. For an equation with variable coefficients, the asymptotic solution in a neighborhood of focal points is expressed using special functions. The leading front of the wave and its asymptotics are constructed.     

Remote stationary wave field generated by local perturbing sources in a flow of stratified fluid

A linear formulation is used to study the problem of stationary waves formed in a uniform flow of an inviscid incompressible vertically stratified fluid past a point source or a mass dipole. Formulas are derived representing the characteristics of the wave field in the form of the sum of single integrals. A method is developed for constructing complete asymptotic expansions of the integrals obtained for large distances from the wave generator, including uniform expansions near the leading fronts of the separate modes. Approximate solutions of the problem in question exist (/1–4/ et al.). The behaviour of the characteristics of the wave field near the leading fronts of internal waves was studied in /5, 6/. In the case of a deep liquid the asymptotic form uniform in the neighbourhood of the leading fronts is expressed in terms of Fresnel integrals /5/, and in the case of a liquid of finite depth by Airy functions /6/. Examples of the exact solution of the problem are given in /7/.     

Radiation field of whispering gallery waves over a concave-convex boundary

In this work the wave field arising over a concave-convex reflecting boundary is studied in the Kirchhoff approximation. The field arises as a result of the incidence of whispering gallery waves on an inflection point of the boundary from the concave side. The shortwave asymptotics of the Kirchhoff integral are obtained which is expressed in terms of special functions in a neighborhood of the inflection point of the boundary and in a neighborhood of the tangent to the boundary at the inflection point. Diagrams are constructed that illustrate the behavior of the scattered field.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 104, pp. 49–65, 1981.     

A modified Green's function for the internal gravitational wave equation in a layer of a stratified medium with a constant shear flow

The construction of a modified Green's function for the internal gravitational wave (IGW) equation in a layer of a stratified medium when there are constant mean shear flows is considered and the basic properties of the corresponding eigenvalue problems and the modified eigenfunctions and eigenvalues are investigated. It is shown that each mode of the modified Green's function consists of a sum of three terms describing (1) the IGWs that propagate from the source, (2) the effects of a time varying source, localized in a certain neighbourhood of it, and (3) the effects of the displacement of the fluid (an internal discontinuity) caused by the source. The resulting expressions are analysed out for a constant and oscillating source of the generation of IGWs in which each of the terms of Green's function is represented in the form of simple quadratures.     

M/T-SPH/1排队平稳指标分布的尾部衰减特征

讨论M/T-SPH/1排队平稳队长分布和平稳逗留时间分布的尾部衰减特征,其中T-SPH表示可数状态吸收生灭过程吸收时间的分布。在分布PGF和LST的基础上,给出了两个平稳分布衰减规律的完整分析.结果表明,当参数取不同值时,平稳队长与平稳逗留时间的尾部具有三种不同类型的衰减特征.     

On the Propagation of Love Waves in Anisotropic Elastic Media

The Love waves concentrated near the surface of an anisotropic elastic body are studied. A uniform asymptotics of the wave field is constructed with the use of the nonstationary caustic expansion (Yu. A. Kravtsov's ansatz) in the form of a space-time ray series. Using three types of waves, which propagate along any direction in an elastic medium, as a vector basis, sufficient conditions for the existence of a nonzero asymptotic solution of the problem under study are obtained. The procedure for constructing asymptotic series is illustrated with the model of a transversely isotropic medium. Bibliography: 9 titles.     

Wave functions and eigenvalues of charge carriers in a nanotube in a neighborhood of the Dirac point in the presence of a longitudinal electric field

Based on the Hamiltonian for charge carriers in carbon nanotubes with finite lengths, we obtain eigenvalues and eigenfunctions in a neighborhood of the Dirac points (wave functions written analogously to the two-component Dirac wave function are expressed in terms of Hermite polynomials, and the spectrum is equidistant) in the presence of a longitudinal electric field. We express the solution in terms of the Hermite functions in the case of carbon nanotubes with infinite lengths. Based on the obtained wave function for an elongated nanotube, we consider the problem of determining the coefficient of charge carrier transport through the nanotube. The results of finding the transport coefficient can also be applied to other nanoparticles, in particular, to carbon chains and nanotapes. We propose to use the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of nanotubes with finite lengths to consider the problem of radiation generation in a nonlinear medium based on an array of such noninteracting nanotubes.     

Many-body wave scattering problems in the case of small scatterers

Formulas are derived for solutions of many-body wave scattering problems by small particles in the case of acoustically soft, hard, and impedance particles embedded in an inhomogeneous medium. The case of transmission (interface) boundary conditions is also studied in detail. The limiting case is considered, when the size a of small particles tends to zero while their number tends to infinity at a suitable rate. Equations for the limiting effective (self-consistent) field in the medium are derived. The theory is based on a study of integral equations and asymptotics of their solutions as a→0. The case of wave scattering by many small particles embedded in an inhomogeneous medium is also studied.     

The acoustic field of a high-frequency source moving in a waveguide

The acoustic field of a source moving at a subsonic velocity in a regular waveguide with perfectly reflecting boundaries is considered. The acceleration of the source is assumed to be small. In a moving coordinate system, the asymptotics of the wave field is obtained. This asymptotics is inapplicable near the critical cross sections, for which the Doppler frequency of the source coincides with the frequency of the waveguide mode under consideration. It is demonstrated that, in this case, the wave field can be represented locally by a special type of integral, which is analyzed by the saddle-point method.Translated fromZapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov POMI, Vol. 239, 1997, pp. 71–78.This work was supported in part by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grant 95-01-01285a.     

Exact Asymptotics of the Density of the Transition Probability for Discontinuous Markov Processes

In this paper we consider some Kolmogorov–Feller equations with a small parameter h. We present a method for constructing the exact (exponential) asymptotics of the fundamental solution of these equations for finite time intervals uniformly with respect to h. This means that we construct an asymptotics of the density of the transition probability for discontinuous Markov processes. We justify the asymptotic solutions constructed. We also present an algorithm for constructing all terms of the asymptotics of the logarithmic limit (logarithmic asymptotics) of the fundamental solution as t → +0 uniformly with respect to h. We write formulas of the asymptotics of the logarithmic limit for some special cases as t → +0. The method presented in this paper also allows us to construct exact asymptotics of solutions of initial–boundary value problems that are of probability meaning.     

Numerical estimates of acoustic fields in the ocean generated by moving airborne sources

We investigate the underwater acoustic field in the stratified ocean generated by moving in the air sources. We obtain asymptotic formulas expressed in terms of the retarded time and the Doppler-shifted frequency. The spectral parameter power series method is implemented to find the wave numbers of the propagating modes, their group velocity and an analytic form of the acoustic field in the ocean. Some numerical results are presented.     

Existence of surface smectic states of liquid crystals

The Landau–de Gennes model of liquid crystals is a functional acting on wave functions (order parameters) and vector fields (director fields). In a specific asymptotic limit of the physical parameters, we construct critical points such that the wave function (order parameter) is localized near the boundary of the domain, and we determine a sharp localization of the boundary region where the wave function concentrates. Furthermore, we compute the asymptotics of the energy of such critical points along with a boundary energy that may serve in localizing the director field. In physical terms, our results prove the existence of a surface smectic state.     

Investigation of the high-frequency field of a plane electromagnetic wave inside a dielectric sphere

The field of a plane electromagnetic wave near a dielectric sphere is investigated. Contour integrals are separated out from the exact solution which at high frequencies represent waves multiply reflected from the inner surface of the sphere. The high-frequency asymptotic representation of the wave field in a neighborhood of the initial point of the caustic of the reflected and refracted rays is expressed in terms of standard special functions.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 42, pp. 59–77, 1974.     

The Second Term in the Asymptotics for the Number of Points Moving Along a Metric Graph

We consider the problem of determining the asymptotics for the number of points moving along a metric graph. This problem is motivated by the problem of the evolution of wave packets, which at the initial moment of time are localized in a small neighborhood of one point. It turns out that the number of points, as a function of time, allows a polynomial approximation. This polynomial is expressed via Barnes’ multiple Bernoulli polynomials, which are related to the problem of counting the number of lattice points in expanding simplexes. In this paper we give explicit formulas for the first two terms of the expansion for the counting function of the number of moving points. The leading term was found earlier and depends only on the number of vertices, the number of edges and the lengths of the edges. The second term in the expansion shows what happens to the graph when one or two edges are removed. In particular, whether it breaks up into several connected components or not. In this paper, examples of the calculation of the leading and second terms are given.     

The Scalar Scattering of a Plane Wave by an Ellipsoid

The problem of scalar Dirichlet scattering by a general ellipsoidis discussed. An exact solution of the wave equation is determinedvia the method of separation of the variables leading to expressionsfor the total field and the far field amplitude in terms ofellipsoidal wave function products. Particular attention ispaid to the case when the ellipsoid is almost a prolate spheroid.Finally methods of numerical solution are discussed and twonew results in ellipsoidal wave function theory are obtained.     

Short-wave asymptotics of the solution of the problem of a point source in an inhomogeneous moving medium

The leading term is obtained for the short-wave asymptotics of the field of a point source in a small neighborhood of it and also an expression for the excitation coefficient of the wave in the region where the ray representation is valid for an infinite, inhomogeneous, vortex-free, moving medium with constant entropy and for a weakly vortical medium for which the speed of motion is small.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 140, pp. 41–48, 1984.The author is grateful to V. S. Buldyrev for useful discussion of the papers.     

Effect of phase-lags on Rayleigh wave propagation in initially stressed magneto-thermoelastic orthotropic medium

The present article deals with Rayleigh surface wave propagation in homogeneous magneto-thermoelastic orthotropic medium. Effect of initial stress and magnetic field on Rayleigh waves is studied in the context of three-phase-lag model of generalized thermoelasticity. The normal mode analysis is used to obtain the exact expressions for the displacement components, stresses and temperature distribution. Various frequency equations are derived and compared with the existing literature. The path of surface particles is elliptical during Rayleigh wave propagation. Effect of phase-lags on Rayleigh wave velocity, attenuation coefficient and specific loss are presented graphically. It is observed from graphical presentation that the effect of magnetic field and initial stress on different wave characteristics is pronounced.     

Internal gravity wave beams as invariant solutions of Boussinesq equations in geophysical fluid dynamics

It is shown that Lie group analysis of differential equations provides the exact solutions of two-dimensional stratified rotating Boussinesq equations which are a basic model in geophysical fluid dynamics. The exact solutions are obtained as group invariant solutions corresponding to the translation and dilation generators of the group of transformations admitted by the equations. The comparison with the previous analytic studies and experimental observations confirms that the anisotropic nature of the wave motion allows to associate these invariant solutions with uni-directional internal wave beams propagating through the medium. It is also shown that the direction of internal wave beam propagation is in the transverse direction to one of the invariants which corresponds to a linear combination of the translation symmetries. Furthermore, the amplitudes of a linear superposition of wave-like invariant solutions forming the internal gravity wave beams are arbitrary functions of that invariant. Analytic examples of the latitude-dependent invariant solutions associated with internal gravity wave beams that have different general profiles along the obtained invariant and propagating in the transverse direction are considered. The behavior of the invariant solutions near the critical latitude is illustrated.     

非线性波方程准确孤立波解的符号计算

该文将机械化数学方法应用于偏微分方程领域，建立了构造一类非线性发展方程孤立波解的一种统一算法，并在计算机数学系统上加以实现，推导出了一批非线性发展方程的精确孤立波解．算法的基本原理是利用非线性发展方程孤立波解的局部性特点，将孤立波表示为双曲正切函数的多项式．从而将非线性发展方程（组）的求解问题转化为非线性代数方程组的求解问题．利用吴文俊消元法在计算机代数系统上求解非线性代数方程组，最终获得非线性发展方程（组）的准确孤立波解.