Two-Mode Wave Solutions to the Degasperis--Procesi Equation

By introducing a new type of solutions, called the multiple-mode wave solutions which can be expressed in nonlinear superposition of single-mode waves with different speeds, we investigate the two-mode wave solutions in Degasperis-Procesi equation and two cases are derived. The explicit expressions for the two-mode waves as well as the existence conditions are presented. It is shown that the two-mode waves may be the nonlinear combinations of many types of single-mode waves, such as periodic waves, solJtons, compactons, etc., and more complicated multiple-mode waves can be obtained if higher order or more single-mode waves are taken into consideration. It is pointed out that the two-mode wave solutions can be employed to display the typical mechanism of the interactions between different single-mode waves.     

A two scale nonlinear fractal sea surface model in a one dimensional deep sea

Using the theory of nonlinear interactions between long and short waves,a nonlinear fractal sea surface model is presented for a one dimensional deep sea.Numerical simulation results show that spectra intensity changes at different locations(in both the wave number domain and temporal-frequency domain),and the system obeys the energy conservation principle.Finally,a method to limit the fractal parameters is also presented to ensure that the model system does not become ill-posed.     

PARAMETRIC SIMULTONS IN ONE-DIMENSIONAL NONLINEAR LATTICES

Parametric simultaneous solitary wave (simulton) excitations are shown to be possible in nonlinear lattices. Taking a one-dimensional diatomic lattice with a cubic potential as an example, we consider the nonlinear coupling between the upper cut-off mode of acoustic branch (as a fundamental wave) and the upper cut-off mode of optical branch (as a second harmonic wave). Based on a quasi-discreteness approach the Karamzin－Sukhorukov equations for two slowly varying amplitudes of the fundamental and the second harmonic waves in the lattice are derived when the condition of second harmonic generation is satisfied. The lattice simulton solutions are given explicitly and the results show that these lattice simultons can be nonpropagating when the wave vectors of the fundamental wave and the second harmonic waves are exactly at π/a (where a is the lattice constant) and zero, respectively.     

Double-Parameter Solutions of Projective Riccati Equations and Their Applications

The purpose of the present paper is twofold. First, the projective Riccati equations （PREs for short） are resolved by means of a linearized theorem, which was known in the literature. Based on the signs and values of coeffcients of PREs, the solutions with two arbitrary parameters of PREs can be expressed by the hyperbolic functions, the trigonometric functions, and the rational functions respectively, at the same time the relation between the components of each solution to PREs is also implemented. Second, more new travelling wave solutions for some nonlinear PDEs, such as the Burgers equation, the mKdV equation, the NLS^＋ equation, new Hamilton amplitude equation, and so on, are obtained by using Sub-ODE method, in which PREs are taken as the Sub-ODEs. The key idea of this method is that the travelling wave solutions of nonlinear PDE can be expressed by a polynomial in two variables, which are the components of each solution to PREs, provided that the homogeneous balance between the higher order derivatives and nonlinear terms in the equation is considered.     

Cumulative solutions of nonlinear longitudinal vibration in isotropic solid bars

Based on the strain invariant relationship and taking the high-order elastic energy into account, a nonlinear wave equation is derived, in which the excitation, linear damping, and the other nonlinear terms are regarded as the first-order correction to the linear wave equation. To solve the equation, the biggest challenge is that the secular terms exist not only in the fundamental wave equation but also in the harmonic wave equation （unlike the Duffing oscillator, where they exist only in the fundamental wave equation）. In order to overcome this difficulty and to obtain a steady periodic solution by the perturbation technique, the following procedures are taken： （i） for the fundamental wave equation, the secular term is eliminated and therefore a frequency response equation is obtained; （ii） for the harmonics, the cumulative solutions are sought by the Lagrange variation parameter method. It is shown by the results obtained that the second- and higher-order harmonic waves exist in a vibrating bar, of which the amplitude increases linearly with the distance from the source when its length is much more than the wavelength; the shift of the resonant peak and the amplitudes of the harmonic waves depend closely on nonlinear coefficients; there are similarities to a certain extent among the amplitudes of the odd- （or even-） order harmonics, based on which the nonlinear coefficients can be determined by varying the strain and measuring the amplitudes of the harmonic waves in different locations.     

A(2+1)-dimensional nonlinear model for Rossby waves in stratified fluids and its solitary solution

In this paper,we investigate a(2+1)-dimensional nonlinear equation model for Rossby waves in stratified fluids.We derive a forced Zakharov–Kuznetsov(ZK)–Burgers equation from the quasigeostrophic potential vorticity equation with dissipation and topography under the generalized beta effect,and by utilizing temporal and spatial multiple scale transform and the perturbation expansion method.Through the analysis of this model,it is found that the generalized beta effect and basic topography can induce nonlinear waves,and slowly varying topography is an external impact factor for Rossby waves.Additionally,the conservation laws for the mass and energy of solitary waves are analyzed.Eventually,the solitary wave solutions of the forced ZK–Burgers equation are obtained by the simplest equation method as well as the new modified ansatz method.Based on the solitary wave solutions obtained,we discuss the effects of dissipation and slowly varying topography on Rossby solitary waves.     

Location of micro-cracks in plates using time reversed nonlinear Lamb waves

A promising tool to detect micro-cracks in plate-like structures is used for generating higher harmonic Lamb waves. In this paper, a method combining nonlinear S_0 mode Lamb waves with time reversal to locate micro-cracks is presented and verified by numerical simulations. Two different models, the contact acoustic nonlinearity(CAN) model and the Preisach–Mayergoyz(PM) model, are used to simulate a localized damage in a thin plate. Pulse inversion method is employed to extract the second and fourth harmonics from the received signal. Time reversal is performed to compensate the dispersion of S_0 mode Lamb waves. Consequently, the higher harmonics generated from the damaged area can be refocused on their source. By investigating the spatial distribution of harmonic wave packets, the location of micro-cracks will be revealed.The numerical simulations indicate that this method gives accurate locations of the damaged area in a plate. Furthermore,the PM model is proved to be a suitable model to simulate the micro-cracks in plates for generation of higher harmonics.     

SOLITARY WAVES IN MARANGONI-BENARD CONVECTING FLUID

In this paper the evolution of nonlinear long surface waves in a Marangoni-Bénard convecting fluid is considered. The fluid system is bounded below by an isothermic plane and above a free deformable surface, on which a heat flux is fixed. We show that the nonlinear behavior of the long surface wave is governed by the Korteweg-de Vries equation when the Rayleigh number is near its critical value. A head-on collision between two solitary waves traveling from opposite directions is also investigated by use of the Poincaré-Lighthill-Kuo method. The results show that the solitary waves emerging from the collision can preserve their original identities to the second order. The phase shifts due to the collision are calculated analytically.     

The nonlinear evolution of rogue waves generated by means of wave focusing technique

Generating the rogue waves in offshore engineering is investigated,first of all,to forecast its occurrence to protect the offshore structure from being attacked,to study the mechanism and hydrodynamic properties of rouge wave experimentally as well as the rouge/structure interaction for the structure design.To achieve these purposes demands an accurate wave generation and calculation.In this paper,we establish a spatial domain model of fourth order nonlinear Schrdinger(NLS) equation for describing deep-wat...     

Resonance Y-type soliton solutions and some new types of hybrid solutions in the(2+1)-dimensional Sawada–Kotera equation

In this paper, based on N-soliton solutions, we introduce a new constraint among parameters to find the resonance Y-type soliton solutions in (2+1)-dimensional integrable systems. Then, we take the (2+1)-dimensional Sawada–Kotera equation as an example to illustrate how to generate these resonance Y-type soliton solutions with this new constraint. Next, by the long wave limit method, velocity resonance and module resonance, we can obtain some new types of hybrid solutions of resonance Y-type solitons with line waves, breather waves, high-order lump waves respectively. Finally, we also study the dynamics of these interaction solutions and indicate mathematically that these interactions are elastic.     

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.     

Laboratory and modeling study on modulated wave properties

Development of Benjamin?Feir instability is investigated under laboratory conditions and by analytical modeling. Nonlinear properties of the wave train with discrete spectrum are also investigated. The mechanically generated waves are composed of several discrete waves, while the newly generated harmonics are still combined into discrete spectra with the same frequency step. The technique proposed in this study allows us to study accurately the nonlinear variations in main properties of each harmonic with fixed frequency, such as amplitude, phase speed, and wavenumber along the wave tank together with velocities of wave packet crests, especially for the large transient waves. The phase speeds of short waves increase near large transient waves, and the velocities of longer waves are close to the values determined by the linear theory of waves. The relative long wave accompanied by short waves can dramatically change the local kurtosis and skewness of the wave field. They may play an important role for the generation of large transient wave and provide an opportunity for triggering of the freak waves.     

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.     

Reflection and refraction of surface acoustic waves by a periodic domain structure

Reflection and refraction of surface acoustic waves by a periodic domain structure formed in lithium niobate is studied. A second harmonic generation is observed. A mechanism underlying the linear and nonlinear interactions of acoustic waves with a periodic domain structure is proposed.     

Electron plasma waves generation in suddenly created isotropicplasma

Electron plasma waves excitation in suddenly created isotropic plasma as a result of weak nonlinear interaction of linearly polarized plane electromagnetic (EM) wave and electrons has been considered. By the use of standard perturbation method the problem is solved in closed form for the case of a simple harmonic source EM wave. The appearance of the second harmonic and time independent modes have been demonstrated. The efficiency of excitation of these modes is possible to control by varying the frequency of the source wave     

Solution of the scalar wave equation over very long distances using nonlinear solitary waves: Relation to finite difference methods

The linear wave equation represents the basis of many linear electromagnetic and acoustic propagation problems. Features that a computational model must have, to capture large scale realistic effects (for over the horizon or “OTH” radar communication, for example), include propagation of short waves with scattering and partial absorption by complex topography. For these reasons, it is not feasible to use Green’s Function or any simple integral method, which neglects these intermediate effects and requires a known propagation function between source and observer. In this paper, we describe a new method for propagating such short waves over long distances, including intersecting scattered waves. The new method appears to be much simpler than conventional high frequency schemes: Lagrangian “particle” based approaches, such as “ray tracing” become very complex in 3-D, especially for waves that may be expanding, or even intersecting. The other high frequency scheme in common use, the Eikonal, also has difficulty with intersecting waves.Our approach, based on nonlinear solitary waves concentrated about centroid surfaces of physical wave features, is related to that of Whitham [1], which involves solving wave fronts propagating on characteristics. Then, the evolving electromagnetic (or acoustic) field can be approximated as a collection of propagating co-dimension one surfaces (for example, 2-D surfaces in three dimensions). This approach involves solving propagation equations discretely on an Eulerian grid to approximate the linear wave equation. However, to propagate short waves over long distances, conventional Eulerian numerical methods, which attempt to resolve the structure of each wave, require far too many grid cells and are not feasible on current or foreseeable computers. Instead, we employ an “extended” wave equation that captures the important features of the propagating waves. This method is first formulated at the partial differential equation (PDE) level, as a wave equation with an added “confining” term that involves both a positive and a negative dissipation. Once we have the stable PDE, the discrete formulation is simply a multidimensional PDE with (stable) perturbations caused by the discretization. The resulting discrete solution can then be low order and very simple and yet remain stable over arbitrarily long times. When discretized and solved on an Eulerian grid, this new method allows far coarser grids than required by conventional resolution considerations, while still accounting for the effects of varying atmospheric and topographic features. An important point is that the new method is in the same form as conventional discrete wave equation methods. However, the conventional solution eventually decays, and only the “intermediate asymptotic” solution can be used. Simply by adding an extra term, we show that a nontrivial true asymptotic solution can be obtained. A similar solitary wave based approach has been used successfully in a different problem (involving “Vorticity Confinement”), for a number of years.     

具微结构地壳中非线性地震波的演化

非线性地震波在地壳中传播及演化规律的研究具有重要实际意义.利用有限差分方法, 对非线性地震纵波和横波在具微结构地壳中的演化过程进行了详细的数值模拟.结果表明,非线性地震纵波和横波在具微结构地壳中可以逐渐演化成一个孤立波或两个孤立波或孤立波列或消失.地震波的初始幅度、频散系数和体力因子对演化过程和结果都有重要影响.研究结果揭示了非线性地震波在一种微结构地壳中的演化规律,这有助于在理论上解释一些特殊地震波现象.