General solution for interaction of solitary waves including head-on collisions

A corrected version of the Boussinesq equation for long water waves is derived and its general solution for interaction of any number of solitary waves, including head-on collisions, is given. For two solitary waves in head-on collision (which includes the case of normal reflection) the results agree with the experiments known.     

Higher order dispersive effects in regularized Boussinesq equation

In this paper, we consider the higher order Boussinesq (HBq) equation which models the bi-directional propagation of longitudinal waves in various continuous media. The equation contains the higher order effects of frequency dispersion. The present study is devoted to the numerical investigation of the HBq equation. For this aim a numerical scheme combining the Fourier pseudo-spectral method in space and a Runge–Kutta method in time is constructed. The convergence of semi-discrete scheme is proved in an appropriate Sobolev space. To investigate the higher order dispersive effects and nonlinear effects on the solutions of HBq equation, propagation of single solitary wave, head-on collision of solitary waves and blow-up solutions are considered.     

Spectral method for solving the equal width equation based on Chebyshev polynomials

A spectral solution of the equal width (EW) equation based on the collocation method using Chebyshev polynomials as a basis for the approximate solution has been studied. Test problems, including the migration of a single solitary wave with different amplitudes are used to validate this algorithm which is found to be accurate and efficient. The three invariants of the motion are evaluated to determine the conservation properties of the algorithm. The interaction of two solitary waves is seen to cause the creation of a source for solitary waves. Usually these are of small magnitude, but when the amplitudes of the two interacting waves are opposite, the source produces trains of solitary waves whose amplitudes are of the same order as those of the initial waves. The three invariants of the motion of the interaction of the three positive solitary waves are computed to determine the conservation properties of the system. The temporal evaluation of a Maxwellian initial pulse is then studied. Comparisons are made with the most recent results both for the error norms and the invariant values.     

Wave propagation in periodic buckled beams. Part I: Analytical models and numerical simulations

Periodic buckled beams possess a geometrically nonlinear, load–deformation relationship and intrinsic length scales such that stable, nonlinear waves are possible. Modeling buckled beams as a chain of masses and nonlinear springs which account for transverse and coupling effects, homogenization of the discretized system leads to the Boussinesq equation. Since the sign of the dispersive and nonlinear terms depends on the level of buckling and support type (guided or pinned), compressive supersonic, rarefaction supersonic, compressive subsonic and rarefaction subsonic solitary waves are predicted, and their existence is validated using finite element simulations of the structure. Large dynamic deformations, which cannot be approximated with a polynomial of degree two, lead to strongly nonlinear equations for which closed-form solutions are proposed.     

Symmetry reductions and exact solutions to the ill-posed Boussinesq equation

In this paper, using the Lie symmetry analysis method, we study the ill-posed Boussinesq equation which arises in shallow water waves and non-linear lattices. The similarity reductions and exact solutions for the equation are obtained. Then the exact analytic solutions are considered by the power series method, and the physical significance of the solutions is considered from the transformation group point of view.     

The solitary waves in stratified shear flow

In this paper, the basic equation of internal long waves in stratified shear flow is derived under Boussinesq assumption, the first order approximation solution is given for solitary waves with the effects of slowly varying topograph at the sea bottom, weak stratification and basic shear flow. The Project Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.     

Joseph Boussinesq's legacy in fluid mechanics

Joseph Boussinesq was the most prolific of all French contributors to nineteenth-century fluid mechanics. His scientific production included a novel theory of solitary waves, the KdV equation for finite deformations of the water surface in an open channel, a systematic study of open channel and pipe flow based on the concept of effective viscosity, pioneering derivations of boundary layers and entrance effects, new exact solutions of the Navier–Stokes equation under geometrically simple boundary conditions, and the ‘Boussinesq approximation’ for heat convection in a moving fluid under gravity. Although his extraordinary skills were quickly recognized and rewarded, other experts in the field were often unaware even of his most important results and they ended up rediscovering some of them. Boussinesq's unusual background and the resulting peculiarities of his style explain this problematic diffusion. They also account for the richness of his legacy.     

Initial-value problem for coupled Boussinesq equations and a hierarchy of Ostrovsky equations

We consider the initial-value problem for a system of coupled Boussinesq equations on the infinite line for localised or sufficiently rapidly decaying initial data, generating sufficiently rapidly decaying right- and left-propagating waves. We study the dynamics of weakly nonlinear waves, and using asymptotic multiple-scale expansions and averaging with respect to the fast time, we obtain a hierarchy of asymptotically exact coupled and uncoupled Ostrovsky equations for unidirectional waves. We then construct a weakly nonlinear solution of the initial-value problem in terms of solutions of the derived Ostrovsky equations within the accuracy of the governing equations, and show that there are no secular terms. When coupling parameters are equal to zero, our results yield a weakly nonlinear solution of the initial-value problem for the Boussinesq equation in terms of solutions of the initial-value problems for two Korteweg-de Vries equations, integrable by the Inverse Scattering Transform. We also perform relevant numerical simulations of the original unapproximated system of Boussinesq equations to illustrate the difference in the behaviour of its solutions for different asymptotic regimes.     

Non-propagating solitary waves with the consideration of surface tension

In this paper, the governing equation for the non-propagating solitary waves, similar to the cubic Schrödinger equation, is derived by the multiple scales with the consideration of surface tension. The non-propagating solitary wave solution is given. It is explained by the capillary-gravity wave theory that the crests are sharpened and the troughs are flattened in the transversal harmonic of the non-propagating solitary waves. On σ～kh plane, two parameter regions are obtained in which the non-propagating solitary wave can occur, but all existing experimental parameters are in region 1 (Fig. 1).     

促进其线性频散特征另一种形式的Bousinesq方程

Ｂｏｕｓｉｎｅｓｑ方程能够用于模拟表面重力波传播过程中的折射、绕射、反射以及浅化，非线性作用等现象．用不同垂直积分方法所得到的二维Ｂｏｕｓｓｉｎｅｓｑ方程形式具有不同的线性频散特征．采用两个不同的水深层的水平速度变量组合，推导出一个新形式的Ｂｏｕｓｉｎｅｓｑ方程．通过对其参数的设置可得到精确的线性频散解Ｐａｄｅ近似４阶精度．其适用范围已由原来的浅水，向深水拓进．相速误差小于２％，其拓展适用范围可达到０８个波长水深．应用所得到的新型Ｂｏｕｓｉｎｅｓｑ方程，采用有限差分法，对经典工况进行了数值模拟，其计算结果表明，计算值与物模实验值吻合较好．这说明本文新形式的Ｂｏｕｓｓｉｎｅｓｑ方程对变水深非线性效应所产生的能量频散有着较为精确的描述     

Oblique interactions of weakly nonlinear long waves in dispersive systems

Studies on the oblique interactions of weakly nonlinear long waves in dispersive systems are surveyed. We focus mainly our concentration on the two-dimensional interaction between solitary waves. Two-dimensional Benjamin–Ono (2DBO) equation, modified Kadomtsev–Petviashvili (MKP) equation and extended Kadomtsev–Petviashvili (EKP) equation as well as the Kadomtsev–Petviashvili (KP) equation are treated. It turns out that a large-amplitude wave can be generated due to the oblique interaction of two identical solitary waves in the 2DBO and the MKP equations as well as in the KP-II equation. Recent studies on exact solutions of the KP equation are also surveyed briefly.     

Solitary waves in stratified fluids and their interaction

A systematic procedure is proposed for obtaining solutions for solitary waves in stratified fluids. The stratification of the fluid is assumed to be exponential or linear. Its comparison with existing results for an exponentially stratified fluid shows agreement, and it is found that for the odd series of solutions the direction of displacement of the streamlines from their asymptotic levels is reversed when the stratification is changed from exponential to linear. Finally the interaction of solitary waves is considered, and the Korteweg-de Vries equation and the Boussinesq equation are derived. Thus the known solutions of these equations can be relied upon to provide the answers to the interaction problem.     

Solitary waves for a nonlinear dispersive long wave equation

All the possible traveling wave solutions of Whitham-Broer-Kaup （WBK） equation are investigated in the present paper. By employing phase plane analysis, transition boundaries are derived to divide the parameter space into several regions associated with different types of phase portraits corresponding to different forms of wave solutions. All the exact expressions of bounded wave solutions are obtained as well as their existence conditions. The mechanism of bifurcation between different waves with varying Hamiltonian value has been revealed. It is pointed out that as the periods of two coexisted periodic waves tend to infinity, they may evolve to two solitary waves. Furthermore, when their trajectories pass through the common saddle point, the two solitary waves may merge into a periodic wave, and its amplitude is nearly equal to the sum of the amplitudes of the two solitary wave solutions.     

Exact Solitary Water Waves with Vorticity

The solitary water wave problem is to find steady free surface waves which approach a constant level of depth in the far field. The main result is the existence of a family of exact solitary waves of small amplitude for an arbitrary vorticity. Each solution has a supercritical parameter value and decays exponentially at infinity. The proof is based on a generalized implicit function theorem of the Nash–Moser type. The first approximation to the surface profile is given by the “KdV” equation. With a supercritical value of the surface tension coefficient, a family of small amplitude solitary waves of depression with subcritical parameter values is constructed for an arbitrary vorticity.     

Forced dissipative Boussinesq equation for solitary waves excited by unstable topography

In the paper, the effects of topographic forcing and dissipation on solitary Rossby waves are studied. Special attention is given to solitary Rossby waves excited by unstable topography. Based on the perturbation analysis, it is shown that the nonlinear evolution equation for the wave amplitude satisfies a forced dissipative Boussinesq equation. By using the modified Jacobi elliptic function expansion method and the pseudo-spectral method, the solutions of homogeneous and inhomogeneous dissipative Boussinesq equation are obtained, respectively. With the help of these solutions, the evolutional character of Rossby waves under the influence of dissipation and unstable topography is discussed.     

非圆截面杆中非线性扭转波方程的解析求解

研究了非圆截面杆中非线性扭转波动方程的精确求解问题. 利用直接积分与微分变换相结合的方法,得到了该方程的隐式通解. 通过对积分常数和方程系数的不同情形的讨论, 给出了该方程的三角函数、双曲函数、椭圆函数、指数函数以及它们的组合形式的解,分别对应于的非线性扭转波的孤立波、周期波以及冲击波等多种传播形式.     

Uni-directional waves over slowly varying bottom. Part I: Derivation of a KdV-type of equation

The exact equations for surface waves over an uneven bottom can be formulated as a Hamiltonian system, with the total energy of the fluid as Hamiltonian. If the bottom variations are over a length scale L that is longer than the characteristic wavelength ℓ, approximating the kinetic energy for the case of “rather long and rather low” waves gives Boussinesq type of equations. If in the case of an even bottom one restricts further to uni-directional waves, the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) is obtained. For slowly varying bottom this uni-directionalization will be studied in detail in this part I, in a very direct way which is simpler than other derivations found in the literature. The surface elevation is shown to be described by a forced KdV-type of equation. The modification of the obtained KdV-equation shares the property of the standard KdV-equation that it has a Hamiltonian structure, but now the structure map depends explicitly on the spatial variable through the bottom topography. The forcing is derived explicitly, and the order of the forcing, compared to the first order contributions of dispersion and nonlinearity in KdV, is shown to depend on the ratio between ℓ and L; for very mild bottom variations, the forcing is negligible. For localized topography the effect of this forcing is investigated. In part II the distortion of solitary waves will be studied.     

Solitons and other nonlinear waves of the Boussinesq equation

This paper studies the dynamics of shallow water waves that are governed by the Boussinesq equations. A few perturbation terms are taken into account. The ansatz method is used to carry out the perturbed Boussinesq equation. Later on, the mapping method is used to extract a few more analytical solutions. Additionally, the Weierstrass elliptic function method is also used to obtain solitary waves and singular soliton solutions. Finally, the Lie symmetry approach is used to extract a few more additional solutions.     

Nonlinear Stability of a One-Dimensional Boussinesq Equation

We study nonlinear orbital stability and instability of the set of ground state solitary wave solutions of a one-dimensional Boussinesq equation or one-dimensional Benney–Luke equation. It is shown that a solitary wave (traveling wave with finite energy) may be orbitally stable or unstable depending on the range of the wave's speed of propagation.