Nonlinear gravity-capillary waves instability in superposed magnetic fluids influenced by a vertical magnetic field and time-dependent acceleration

This paper deals with the effect of a periodic forcing on nonlinear modulation of interfacial gravity-capillary waves propagating between two magnetic fluids of infinite depth under the influence of a constant vertical magnetic field. Based on the method of multiple scales expansion for a small amplitude of periodic force, two parametric nonlinear Schrödinger equations with explicit expressions of coefficients are derived in the resonance case. A classical nonlinear Schrödinger equation is derived in the non-resonance case. The stability of the uniform time-dependent solution is analyzed. Theoretical analysis and numerical calculations show that the resonance point is affected by the magnetic field and the applied frequency. The linear stability shows that the periodic force has a destabilizing influence in the stability criterion. It is observed that the vertical field plays the same role, and that the acceleration frequency plays a dual role in the nonlinear stability criterion. Instability was revealed in the system for large values of the applied magnetic field, but the small values of the field redistribute the stable areas.     

Multiple scale fourier transformation: An application to nonlinear dispersive waves

A Fourier transformation involving multiple scales is applied to describe the far-field asymptotic behaviour of nonlinear dispersive waves. It is shown that a nonlinear asymptotic perturbation can be carried out in terms of simple calculations with respect to Dirac delta functions involving a multiple scale wave number and frequency space. Fourier transformed versions of the nonlinear Schrödinger and Korteweg-de Vries equations are derived explicitly.     

Gross–Pitaevskii dynamics of Bose–Einstein condensates and superfluid turbulence

The Gross–Pitaevskii equation, also called the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE), describes the dynamics of low-temperature superflows and Bose–Einstein Condensates (BEC). We review some of our recent NLSE-based numerical studies of superfluid turbulence and BEC stability. The relations with experiments are discussed.     

A new system of equations which predicts the evolution of a wave packet due to a fluid-fluid interaction under a narrow bandwidth assumption

The problem of the capillary-gravity waves which may arise at an interface between two stratified fluids of different densities is investigated. Particular attention is paid to the case when two different wave modes move at the same speed and to the wave train produced by the ensuing interaction. In contrast to most previous studies, the wave steepness and the wave bandwidth are not taken to be of the same order of magnitude, but the latter is of one order smaller. This leads to a system of nonlinear evolution equations which can be used to predict the subsequent progression of the wave field. These equations may be compared with the more usual nonlinear Schrödinger set which are valid under the equal bandwidth assumption and also a recently derived set which describe broader bandwidth waves. A large class of solutions to the equations is found and the corresponding wave profiles are presented.     

Nonlinear Wave-Wave Interaction and Stability Criterion for Parametrically Coupled Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations

A rigorous mathematical reduction of the procedure widely usedfor studying a class of the nonlinear problems with perturbations,namely the method of the multiple scales, is used. A profound analysis,which provides an approach for deriving a coupled nonlinearSchrödinger equations. The investigation has been achieved byperturbing the nonlinear dynamical system about the linear dynamicalproblem. Modulated wavetrains are described to all orders ofapproximation. Moreover, we extend our approach to deal with equationshaving periodic terms. Two types of simultaneous nonlinearSchrödinger equations are derived. One type is valid at thenon-parametric system and the second type represents a modification forthe first type which is governed the non-resonance case. Two parametriccoupled nonlinear Schrödeinger equations are derived to govern thesecond-sub-harmonic resonance. In addition other two coupled equationsare found for the third-sub-harmonic resonance case. These systems ofequations control the stability behavior at the parametric resonancecases. The stability criteria for the several types of coupled nonlinearSchrödinger equations are studied. These criteria are achieved by atemporal periodic perturbation.     

Unsteady water wave modulations: fully nonlinear solutions and comparison with the nonlinear Schrödinger equation

The time evolution of a uniform wave train with a small modulation which grows is computed with a fully nonlinear irrotational flow solver. Many numerical runs have been performed varying the initial steepness of the wave train and the number of waves in the imposed modulation. It is observed that the energy becomes focussed into a short group of steep waves which either contains a wave which becomes too steep and therefore breaks or otherwise having reached a maximum modulation then recedes until an almost regular wave train is recovered. This latter case typically occurs over a few hundred time periods. We have also carried out some much longer computations, over several thousands of time periods in which several steep wave events occur. Several features of these modulations are consistent with analytic solutions for modulations using weakly nonlinear theory, which leads to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation. The steeper events are shorter in both space and time than the lower events. Solutions of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation can be transformed from one steepness to another by suitable scaling of the length and time variables. We use this scaling on the modulations and find excellent agreement particularly for waves that do not grow too steep. Hence the number of waves in the initial modulation becomes an almost redundant parameter and allows wider use of each computation. A potentially useful property of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation is that there are explicit solutions which correspond to the growth and decay of an isolated steep wave event. We have also investigated how changing the phase of the initial modulation effects the first steep wave event that occurs.     

Modulation instability of electrohydrodynamic waves on liquid jet

An analytical study of slow modulation has been made of cylindrical interface between two inviscid streaming fluids, in the presence of a relaxation of electrical charges at the interface, and stressed by an axial electric field. A new technique based on the perturbation theory, to derive the non-linear evolution equations has been introduced. These equations are combined to yield a non-linear Ginzburg–Landau equation and a non-linear modified Schrödinger equation describing the evolution of wave packets. The linear analysis showed that the streaming has a destabilizing effect and the electric field has stabilizing influence associated with parameters condition involving the electric conductivity and permittivity of the fluids. While the non-linear approach indicated that the streaming may become unstable for sufficiently high velocities, with a new condition on the material properties, involving weak electric relaxation times in both fluids.     

Modulation of an internal gravity wave packet in a stratified shear flow

Modulations of an internal gravity wave packet in a stratified shear flow are discussed in the weakly nonlinear and weakly dispersive context. It is shown that the modulations are described by a variable coefficient nonlinear Schrödinger equation when the modulations are confined to the direction of wave propagation. Transverse modulations couple the nonlinear Schrödinger equation to the mean flow equations. For long waves, it is shown that the modulation equations may be somewhat simplified. An Appendix describes the equations governing long wave resonance.     

The nonlinear Schrödinger method for water wave kinematics on finite depth

We develop the nonlinear Schrödinger method for fast and accurate computation of the velocity and acceleration fields under irregular ocean surface waves on finite depth, and apply it to laboratory and field data.     

Horizontal submerged jet in a stratified fluid

The problem of jet flow excited in a viscous density-stratified fluid by a point source of momentum acting horizontally is considered. Simplified asymptotic equations are obtained in the boundary layer approximation. It is shown that the vertical velocity component is small and the motion in the jet has a layered structure. The longitudinal velocity distributions in the jet are measured experimentally. It is shown that these distributions are affine and can be satisfactorily approximated by Schlichting's well-known boundary layer solution for a round submerged jet in a fluid uniform with respect to density.Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No.6, pp. 10–16, November–December, 1993.We are grateful to I. A. Filippov for assisting with the experiments.     

Nonlinear resonances and wave jumps in media with higher-order dispersion

A new technique for systematically investigating biperiodic (two-wave) steady-state solutions is described with reference to modified Korteweg-de Vries and Schrödinger equations which generalize the conventional model equations for waves on water, in plasmas, and in nonlinear optics [1]. Among these solutions those with ordinary and resonance wave interactions are distinguished. Both singular solutions similar to the solitons of a resonantly interacting wave envelope and solitary waves are found. The soliton-like solutions obtained are used for describing the wave jump structure.Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 4, pp. 113–124, July–August, 1996.     

Equations of viscous supersonic jets with a high degree of overexpansion

A complete system of equations determining a viscous laminar, strongly overexpanded jet is obtained; the system is formed by shortened Navier—Stokes equations, equations for the metric of a coordinate system related with the form of the jet, and equations of transition from curvilinear coordinates to Cartesian. The problem of calculating the jet is formulated as a Cauchy problem for this system. Two- and three-dimensional flows are examined. Possible swirling of the jet is taken into account.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 2, pp. 137–147, March–April, 1977.     

Maximum amplitude of modulated wavetrain

For water wave predictions, it is of practical importance to know the size of the biggest wave that emerges from a given uniform wavetrain when it experiences Benjamin-Feir's modulational instability. As far as we are aware, the series of experiments performed by Su and Green [5] are the only work that has pursued this problem so far. In this work their experimental result is compared with theoretical predictions given by the nonlinear Schrödinger equation as well as with the numerical simulation of the fully nonlinear water wave equation. The result of the fully nonlinear simulation shows that the height of the biggest wave reaches more than 3.5 times the initial amplitude of the wavetrain at the maximum modulation when the initial steepness a₀k₀ of the wavetrain is 0.125.     

Magnetoelastic interactions in a soft ferromagnetic body with a nonlinear law of magnetization: Some applications

Linearized equations and boundary conditions of a magnetoelastic ferromagnetic body are obtained with the nonlinear law of magnetization. Magnetoelastic interactions in a multi-domain ferromagnetic materials are considered for magneto soft materials, i.e. the case when the magnetic field intensity vector and magnetization vector are parallel. As a special case, the following two problems are considered: (1) the magnetoelastic stability of a ferromagnetic plate-strip in a homogeneous transverse magnetic field; (2) the stress–strain state of a ferromagnetic plane with a moving crack in a transverse magnetic field. It is shown that the modeling of magnetoelastic equations with a nonlinear law of magnetization provides qualitative and quantitative predictions on physical quantities including critical loads and stresses. In particular, it is shown that the critical magnetic field in plate stability problems found with the nonlinear law of magnetization is in better agreement with the experimental finding than the one found with a linear law. Furthermore, it is also shown that the stress concentration factor around a crack predicted with the nonlinear law of magnetization is more accurate than the one obtained with a linear counterpart. Numerical results are presented for above mentioned two problems and for various forms of nonlinear laws of magnetization.     

Derivation of a higher order nonlinear Schrödinger equation for weakly nonlinear Rossby waves

In the paper, with the help of a perturbation expansion method a new higher order nonlinear Schrödinger (HNLS) equation is derived to describe nonlinear modulated Rossby waves in the geophysical fluid. Using this equation, the modulational wave trains are discussed. It is found that the higher order terms favor the instability growth of modulational disturbances superimposed on uniform Rossby wave trains, but the instability region becomes narrower. In addition, the latitude and uniform background basic flow are found to affect the instability growth rate and instability region of uniform Rossby wave train. However, for a geostrophic flow the background basic flow does not affect the modulational instability of uniform Rossby wave train.     

Viscous and Inviscid Instabilities of Flow Along a Streamwise Corner

Here we consider the stability of flow along a streamwise corner formed by the intersection of two large flat plates held perpendicular to each other. Self-similar solutions for the steady laminar mean flow in the corner region have been obtained by solving the boundary layer equations for zero and nonzero streamwise pressure gradients. The stability of the mean flow is investigated using linear stability analysis. An eigensolver has been developed to solve the resulting linear eigenvalue problem either in a global mode to obtain an approximation to all the dominant eigenmodes or in a local mode to refine a particular eigenmode. The stability results indicate that the entire spectrum of two-dimensional and oblique viscous modes of a two-dimensional Blasius boundary layer is active in the case of a corner layer as well, but away from the cornerline. In a corner region of finite spanwise extent, the continuous spectrum of oblique modes degenerates to a discrete spectrum of modes of increasing spanwise wave number. The effect of the corner on the two-dimensional viscous instability is small and decreases the growth rate. The growth rate of outgoing oblique disturbances is observed to decrease, while the growth rate of incoming oblique disturbances is enhanced by the corner. This asymmetry between the outgoing and incoming viscous modes increases with increasing obliqueness of the disturbance. The instability of a zero pressure gradient corner layer is dominated by the viscous modes; however, an inviscid corner mode is also observed. The critical Reynolds number of the inviscid mode rapidly decreases with even a small adverse streamwise pressure gradient and the inviscid mode becomes the dominant one. Received 17 March 1998 and accepted 28 April 1999     

Semi-discrete breather in a helicoidal DNA double chain-model

The nonlinear dynamics of DNA molecular chain is studied for longitudinal and transversal motions through a new discrete helicoidal zigzag model with four degrees of freedom. We take into account the Stokes and hydrodynamical viscous forces. In the semi-discrete approximation, we show that the coupled nonlinear partial differential equations for the longitudinal and transversal out-of-phase motions can be reduced to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with complex coefficients, allowing analytical breather soliton solution. We found analytically as well as numerically that increasing the damping constant reduces the amplitude and increases the width of the soliton. When the zigzag angle decreases, the height of the soliton increases, but its width remains constant. The linear stability analysis of the system is performed. The growth rate of the instability and the instability regions are discussed as the functions of damping constant, zigzag angle and system parameters.     

Effects of residual stress and viscous and hysteretic dampings on the stability of a spinning micro-shaft

This study examines the effects of the residual stress and viscous and hysteretic dampings on the vibrational behavior and stability of a spinning Timoshenko micro-shaft.A modified couple stress theory(MCST) is used to elucidate the sizedependency of the micro-shaft spinning stability,and the equations of motion are derived by employing Hamilton's principle and a spatial beam for spinning micro-shafts.Moreover,a differential quadrature method(DQM) is presented,along with the exact solution for the forward and backward(FW-BW) complex frequencies and normal modes.The effects of the material length scale parameter(MLSP),the spinning speed,the viscous damping coefficient,the hysteretic damping,and the residual stress on the stability of the spinning micro-shafts are investigated.The results indicate that the MLSP,the internal dampings(viscous and hysteretic),and the residual stress have significant effects on the complex frequency and stability of the spinning micro-shafts.Therefore,it is crucial to take these factors into account while these systems are designed and analyzed.The results show that an increase in the MLSP leads to stiffening of the spinning micro-shaft,increases the FW-BW dimensionless complex frequencies of the system,and enhances the stability of the system.Additionally,a rise in the tensile residual stresses causes an increase in the FW-BW dimensionless complex frequencies and stability of the micro-shafts,while the opposite is true for the compressive residual stresses.The results of this research can be employed for designing spinning structures and controlling their vibrations,thus forestalling resonance.     

On nonlinear evolution equations of a three-dimensional capillary-gravity wave packet at the interface of two superposed fluids

Assuming amplitudes as slowly varying functions of space and time and using a perturbation method, two coupled nonlinear partial differential equations are derived that give the nonlinear evolution of the amplitude of a three-dimensional capillary-gravity wave packet at the interface of two superposed incompressible fluid layers of finite depths, including the effect of its interaction with a long gravity wave. Starting from these two coupled equations, a balanced set of modulation equations, both at nonresonance and at resonance, is derived. The balanced set of modulation equations, at nonresonance, reduces to a single nonlinear Schrödinger equation, if it is assumed that space variation of the amplitudes depends only on variation along an arbitrary fixed horizontal direction. Modulational instability conditions, both at resonance and at nonresonance, are also deduced. The advantage of the perturbation method adopted in the present problem, over the reductive perturbation method, is noticed.