The study and applications of photochemical-dynamical gravity wave model Ⅰ--Model description

A two-dimensional, nonlinear, compressible, diabatic, nonhydrostatic photochemical- dynamical gravity wave model has been advanced. The model includes diabetic process produced by photochemistry and the effect of gravity wave on atmospheric chemical species. In the horizontal direction, the pseudospectral method is used. The finite difference approximations are used in vertical direction z and time t. The FICE method is used to solve the model. The model results on small amplitude fluctuation are very close to those of linear theory, which demonstrates the correctness of the model.     

Effects of initial stress on guided waves in orthotropic functionally graded plates

Because of the limitation of the manufacturing technology, initial stress in functionally graded materials (FGM) and structures is inevitable. Based on the theory of “Mechanics of Incremental Deformations”, the guided wave propagation in FGM plates under gravity, homogeneous initial stress in the thickness direction and inhomogeneous initial stress in the wave propagation direction is investigated. The Legendre polynomial series method is used to solve the coupled wave equations with variable coefficients. The convergence of the polynomial series method is discussed through the numerical examples. The effects of the initial stress on the Lamb-like wave and on the SH wave are investigated respectively and the numerical results show they are quite distinct. The effect of the gravity on the wave propagation can be ignored. The effects of the initial stress in the thickness direction are very different from those of the initial stress in the wave propagation direction, both on the dispersion curves and on the displacement and stress distributions.     

一类描述大气中重力孤立波的新模型

从两层流体浅水波方程出发,运用尺度分析与扰动方法,建立了一类新的模型(mKdV-BO模型)来描述大气中的重力孤立波。前人建立的KdV模型和BO模型适合描述经向和纬向扰动较弱时重力孤立波的生成和演化,而该模型的非线性更强,适合描述经向、纬向扰动较强时重力孤立波的生成与演化。通过运用试探函数法获得了模型的代数孤波解,并分析了孤立波的生成条件与传播速度。新模型的建立对于进一步解释大气中列队雷雨阵的形成机制,探讨大气中的强对流天气如飑线的形成等具有重要意义。 关键词：重力孤立波;试探函数法;列队雷雨阵     

Properties of large-scale TIDs observed in central China

This paper investigates the large scale travelling ionospheric disturbances (LSTIDs) using the observation data of an HF Doppler array located in Central China. The data observed in a high solar activity year (year 1989) are analyzed to obtain the main propagation parameters of LSTIDs such as period, horizontal phase velocity and propagating direction. Results are outlined as follows: Most of the LSTIDs propagate southward; others tend to propagate northward, mostly in summer; dispersion of most LSTIDs is matched with that of Lamb pseudomode, while others have the dispersion of long period gravity wave mode. The horizontal phase velocities of these two modes are about 220 and 450 m/s respectively. The analysis shows that LSTIDs are strongly pertinent to solar activity and space magnetic storms; thus the results presented here are significant for the research of ionospheric weather in mid-low latitude region.

     

Propagation Speed of the Bistable Traveling Wave to the Lotka–Volterra Competition System in a Periodic Habitat

We study propagation direction of the traveling wave for the diffusive Lotka–Volterra competition system with bistable nonlinearity in a periodic habitat. By directly proving the strong stability of two semitrivial equilibria, we establish a new and sharper result on the existence of traveling wave. Using the method of upper and lower solutions, we provide two comparison theorems concerning the direction of traveling wave propagation. Several explicit sufficient conditions on the determination of the speed sign are established. In addition, an interval estimation of the bistable-wave speed reveals the relations among the bistable speed and the spreading speeds of two monostable subsystems. Biologically, our idea and insight provide an effective approach to find or control the direction of wave propagation for a system in heterogeneous environments.

     

The study and applications of photochemical-dynamical gravity wave model II

A nonlinear, compressible, non-isothermal gravity wave model that involves photochemistry is used to study the effects of gravity wave on atmospheric chemical species distributions in this paper. The changes in the distributions of oxygen compound and hydrogen compound density induced by gravity wave propagation are simulated. The results indicate that when a gravity wave propagates through a mesopause region, even if it does not break, it can influence the background distributions of chemical species. The effect of gravity wave on chemical species at night is larger than in daytime.     

The study and applications of photochemical-dynamical gravity wave model Ⅱ-- The effects of stable gravity wave on chemical species distribution in mesosphere

A nonlinear, compressible, non-isothermal gravity wave model that involves photochemistry is used to study the effects of gravity wave on atmospheric chemical species distributions in this paper. The changes in the distributions of oxygen compound and hydrogen compound density induced by gravity wave propagation are simulated. The results indicate that when a gravity wave propagates through a mesopause region, even if it does not break, it can influence the background distributions of chemical species. The effect of gravity wave on chemical species at night is larger than in daytime.     

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.     

Irrotational solitary waves with surface-tension

Purely capillary solitary waves cannot be obtained under the systematic shallow water theory developed by Friedrichs. In fact, if we neglect the gravity and take into account the surface-tension only at the free surface and proceed on the lines of Keller, who obtained cnoidal and solitary waves using the Friedrichs’ shallow water systematic theory, we get nothing other than uniform flow. In this article, on the lines of Friedrichs and Hyers, we find the solitary wave motion when surface-tension is also taken into account along with the gravity andgh/U² < 1, whereg is the acceleration due to gravity,h and U are the depth and the horizontal velocity of the liquid at infinity. The solution is sought in the form of infinite series in ascending powers of a suitably defined parameter after giving a stretching in the horizontal direction.     

On the dissipation of interfacial and internal long gravity waves

The Korteweg-deVries equations modified by viscosity for interfacial and internal long gravity waves between two parallel plates are derived in the paper. A method based on the inverse scattering method developed recently by Karpman and Maslov has been used to confirm the well-known inverse fourth power decay of the amplitude of a solitary wave on the one hand and to find the time evolution of its velocity on the other.

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Zusammenfassung Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit der Ableitung der mit der Viskosität modifizierten Korteweg-deVries Gleichungen, die die lange Trennungsflächen- und interne Schwerewellen zwischen zwei parallelen Platten beschreiben. Es wurde eine Methode angewandt, welche auf der inversen Zerstreuungsmethode beruht und neulich von Karpman und Maslov entwickelt worden ist, um den gut bekannten inversen vierten Potenzverfall einer solitären welle einerseits zu bestätigen und anderseits die zeitliche Evolution ihrer Geschwindigkeit zu finden.

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Dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Academician Prof. Dr. T. Andjeli     

Onde di discontinuità ed equazioni costitutive nei corpi elastici isotropi sottoposti a deformazioni finite

Summary We consider an elastic isotropic material with finite deformations. The existence of a double wave (therefore exceptional because the field equations are in the conservative form) for all the deformations and the discontinuity propagation direction is required. This because in the linear theory there exists a double wave, furthermore, because in many non-linear theories of Mathematical physics there exists at least one exceptional wave (this wave doesn’t produce shocks). This request implies conditions for the response function in the constitutive equations. Furthermore, under these assumptions, we can determine explicitly all the possible propagation speeds. Therefore we can find theorems generalizing (in the case of the imposed conditions) those ones obtained by Truesdell and Green for the principal waves (whose unit normal has the direction of the eigenvectors of the deformation matrix). In the last part of this work we examine the case of a hyperelastic material and we determine some classes of possible thermodynamic potentials.

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Entrata in Redazione il 18 febbraio 1976.

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Lavoro eseguito nell’ambito dei contratti del C.N.R. - Gruppo Nazionale per la Fisica Matematica.     

Numerical modeling of dynamic wave effects in rock masses

Spatial dynamic wave effects occurring in rocks with ravines and caverns were studied. The influence exerted by the explosion type and the cavern-to-ravine distance on the formation of spatial dynamic wave patterns and seismograms was analyzed in the case of horizontal and vertical reception lines. The gridcharacteristic method and the full wave joint numerical modeling of elastic and acoustic waves were used.

     

Effect of gravity on subject-specific human lung deformation

A biomechanical model of human lung is developed and used to investigate the effect of gravity on lung deformation. The lung is assumed to behave as a poro-elastic medium with spatially dependent elastic property. Finite element analysis is performed on a three-dimensional (3D) lung geometry reconstructed from a four-dimensional Computed Tomography (4DCT) scan dataset of human patient. The spatially dependent Young’s modulus (YM) values are estimated using inverse analysis from a linear elastic deformation model. The predicted deformation of selected landmarks is monitored with and without gravity, and compared with data obtained from 4DCT registration. The results show that gravity indeed significantly affects the magnitude and distribution of lung deformation with the maximum displacement enhanced by 54% in the direction of gravity, for the conditions investigated. In summary, the accuracy of predicted deformation is improved through incorporation of gravity in the biomechanical model of lung.     

Self-adaptive FEM numerical modeling of the mild-slope equation

Based on the linear wave theory, the mild-slope equation (MSE) is a preferred mathematical model to simulate nearshore wave propagation. A numerical model to solve the MSE is developed here on the basis of a self-adaptive finite element model (FEM) combined with an iterative method to determine the wave direction angle to the boundary and thus to improve the treatment of the boundary conditions. The numerical resolution of the waves into ideal domains and multidirectional waves through a breakwater gap shows that the numerical model developed here is effective in representing wave absorption at the absorbing boundaries and can be used to simulate multidirectional wave propagation. Finally, the simulated wave distribution in a real harbor shows that the numerical model can be used for engineering practice.     

Bifurcation and the exact smooth,cusp solitary and periodic wave solutions of the generalized Kudryashov–Sinelshchikov equation

The main aim of this paper is to study the exact traveling wave solutions of the generalized Kudryashov–Sinelshchikov equation by using the auxiliary equation method based on the conclusion of qualitative analysis. The advantage of this method is to choose the effective and proper auxiliary equation on the base of the behaviors and traits of solutions revealed by analysis of phase portraits to study the solution of differential equations. By applying the proposed approach to the generalized Kudryashov–Sinelshchikov equation, the number, behavior and existence of smooth and non-smooth traveling wave solutions are gained, at the same time, the new exact smooth solitary, periodic wave solutions and cusp solitary, periodic wave solutions are obtained. From the dynamic point of view, the behavior of traveling wave solutions is analyzed. The profile,type and the form of exact expression of traveling wave solutions are influenced by the order of nonlinear term and nonlinear terms.

     

Three‐dimensional internal gravity‐capillary waves in finite depth

We consider three‐dimensional inviscid‐irrotational flow in a two‐layer fluid under the effects of gravity and surface tension, where the upper fluid is bounded above by a rigid lid and the lower fluid is bounded below by a flat bottom. We use a spatial dynamics approach and formulate the steady Euler equations as an infinite‐dimensional Hamiltonian system, where an unbounded spatial direction x is considered as a time‐like coordinate. In addition, we consider wave motions that are periodic in another direction z. By analyzing the dispersion relation, we detect several bifurcation scenarios, two of which we study further: a type of 00(is)(iκ₀) resonance and a Hamiltonian Hopf bifurcation. The bifurcations are investigated by performing a center‐manifold reduction, which yields a finite‐dimensional Hamiltonian system. For this finite‐dimensional system, we establish the existence of periodic and homoclinic orbits, which correspond to, respectively, doubly periodic travelling waves and oblique travelling waves with a dark or bright solitary wave profile in the x direction. The former are obtained using a variational Lyapunov‐Schmidt reduction and the latter by first applying a normal form transformation and then studying the resulting canonical system of equations.     

THE STABILITY OF A VARIATIONAL METHOD FOR THE SOLUTION OF A LINEAR HYPERBOLIC INITIAL BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM

Abstract

The numerical stability of a variational method that is used to obtain the solution of a one space dimension wave equation with initial and boundary conditions is analyzed. The phase speed and group velocity of the numerical solution are also investigated with respect to that of the exact solution.     

Modulation of Gravity Waves with Shear in Water

The effect of water shear on the stability of infinitesimal perturbations (in the form of side bands) to a finite-amplitude gravity wave is investigated both numerically and analytically. The shear is modeled by a piecewise-linear velocity profile. Nonlinear cubic Schrödinger equation for the wave envelope of a slowly varying wave train is derived. It is shown that depending on the direction of propagation (along or against the shear) of the finite-amplitude waves, the effect of shear on the stability is substantially different. In most cases, however, the shear strength increase first enhances, but later suppresses, the instability.     

The Evolution of Internal Undular Bores over a Slope in the Presence of Rotation

The large‐amplitude internal waves commonly observed in the coastal ocean often take the form of unsteady undular bores. Hence, here, we examine the long‐time combined effect of variable topography and background rotation on the propagation of internal undular bores, using the framework of a variable‐coefficient Ostrovsky equation. Because the leading waves in an internal undular bore are close to solitary waves, we first examine the evolution of a single solitary wave. Then, we consider an internal undular bore, for which two methods of generation are used. One method is the matured undular bore developed from an initial shock box in the Korteweg–de Vries equation, that is the Ostrovsky equation with the rotational term omitted, and the other method is a modulated cnoidal wave solution of the same Korteweg–de Vries equation. It transpires that in the long‐time model simulations, the rotational effect disintegrates the nonlinear waves into inertia‐gravity waves, and then there emerge complicated interactions between these inertia‐gravity waves and the modulated periodic waves of the undular bore, especially at the rear part of the undular bore. However, near the front of the undular bore, nonlinear effects further modulate these waves, with the eventual emergence of nonlinear envelope wave packets.     

Mathematical Model Taking into Account Nonlocal Effects of Plasmonic Structures on the Basis of the Discrete Source Method

The discrete source method is used to develop and implement a mathematical model for solving the problem of scattering electromagnetic waves by a three-dimensional plasmonic scatterer with nonlocal effects taken into account. Numerical results are presented whereby the features of the scattering properties of plasmonic particles with allowance for nonlocal effects are demonstrated depending on the direction and polarization of the incident wave.