Stability of discontinuity structures described by a generalized KdV–Burgers equation

The stability of discontinuities representing solutions of a model generalized KdV–Burgers equation with a nonmonotone potential of the form φ(u) = u⁴–u² is analyzed. Among these solutions, there are ones corresponding to special discontinuities. A discontinuity is called special if its structure represents a heteroclinic phase curve joining two saddle-type special points (of which one is the state ahead of the discontinuity and the other is the state behind the discontinuity).The spectral (linear) stability of the structure of special discontinuities was previously studied. It was shown that only a special discontinuity with a monotone structure is stable, whereas special discontinuities with a nonmonotone structure are unstable. In this paper, the spectral stability of nonspecial discontinuities is investigated. The structure of a nonspecial discontinuity represents a phase curve joining two special points: a saddle (the state ahead of the discontinuity) and a focus or node (the state behind the discontinuity). The set of nonspecial discontinuities is examined depending on the dispersion and dissipation parameters. A set of stable nonspecial discontinuities is found.     

Asymptotic behavior of the generalized Korteweg–de Vries–Burgers equation

Cauchy’s problem for a generalization of the KdV–Burgers equation is considered in Sobolev spaces H¹(\mathbbR){H^1(\mathbb{R})} and H²(\mathbbR){H^2(\mathbb{R})}. We study its local and global solvability and the asymptotic behavior of solutions (in terms of the global attractors). The parabolic regularization technique is used in this paper which allows us to extend the strong regularity properties and estimates of solutions of the fourth order parabolic approximations onto their third order limit—the generalized Korteweg–de Vries–Burgers (KdVB) equation. For initial data in H²(\mathbbR){H^2(\mathbb{R})} we study the notion of viscosity solutions to KdVB, while for the larger H¹(\mathbbR){H^1(\mathbb{R})} phase space we introduce weak solutions to that problem. Finally, thanks to our general assumptions on the nonlinear term f guaranteeing that the global attractor is usually nontrivial (i.e., not reduced to a single stationary solution), we study an upper semicontinuity property of the family of global attractors corresponding to parabolic regularizations when the regularization parameter e{\epsilon} tends to 0⁺ (which corresponds the passage to the KdVB equation).     

Travelling waves for a non-local Korteweg–de Vries–Burgers equation

We study travelling wave solutions of a Korteweg–de Vries–Burgers equation with a non-local diffusion term. This model equation arises in the analysis of a shallow water flow by performing formal asymptotic expansions associated to the triple-deck regularisation (which is an extension of classical boundary layer theory). The resulting non-local operator is a fractional derivative of order between 1 and 2. Travelling wave solutions are typically analysed in relation to shock formation in the full shallow water problem. We show rigorously the existence of these waves. In absence of the dispersive term, the existence of travelling waves and their monotonicity was established previously by two of the authors. In contrast, travelling waves of the non-local KdV–Burgers equation are not in general monotone, as is the case for the corresponding classical KdV–Burgers equation. This requires a more complicated existence proof compared to the previous work. Moreover, the travelling wave problem for the classical KdV–Burgers equation is usually analysed via a phase-plane analysis, which is not applicable here due to the presence of the non-local diffusion operator. Instead, we apply fractional calculus results available in the literature and a Lyapunov functional. In addition we discuss the monotonicity of the waves in terms of a control parameter and prove their dynamic stability in case they are monotone.     

Asymptotic stability of the rarefaction wave for the generalized KdV–Burgers–Kuramoto equation

In this paper, we will study the Cauchy problem for the generalized KdV–Burgers–Kuramoto equation, which represents a dissipative, stroboscopic and unstable system in physics. When the initial data is a small disturbance of a rarefaction wave of the inviscid Burgers equation, we prove the global existence of the solution to the corresponding Cauchy problem and asymptotic stability of the rarefaction wave. The analysis is based on a priori estimates and the L²$L^2$-energy method.     

Asymptotic stability of rarefaction waves for the generalized KdV–Burgers equation on the half-line

We investigate the asymptotic behavior of solutions of the initial boundary value problem for the generalized KdV–Burgers equation _ut+f_(u)x=_uxx−_uxxx$u_t+f{\left(u\right)}_x=u_{xx}-u_{xxx}$ on the half-line with the boundary condition u(0,t)=_u−$u(0,t)=u_{-}$. The corresponding Cauchy problems of the behaviors of weak and strong rarefaction waves have respectively been studied by Wang and Zhu [Z.A. Wang, C.J. Zhu, Stability of the rarefaction wave for the generalized KdV–Burgers equation, Acta Math. Sci. 22B (3) (2002) 309–328] and Duan and Zhao [R. Duan, H.J. Zhao, Global stability of strong rarefaction waves for the generalized KdV–Burgers equation, Nonlinear Anal. TMA 66 (2007) 1100–1117]. In the present problem, on the basis of the Dirichlet boundary conditions, the asymptotic states are divided into five cases dependent on the signs of the characteristic speeds f^′(_u±)$f^{\prime }\left(u_{\pm }\right)$. In the cases of 0≤f^′(_u−)<f^′(_u+)$0\le f^{\prime }\left(u_{-}\right)<f^{\prime }\left(u_{+}\right)$, we prove the global existence of solutions and asymptotic stability of the weak rarefaction waves when the initial disturbance is small. Also, we can get asymptotic stability of the strong rarefaction waves when f(u)$f\left(u\right)$ satisfies a certain growth condition.     

Normal form for the KdV–Burgers equation

The local dynamics of the KdV–Burgers equation with periodic boundary conditions is studied. A special nonlinear partial differential equation is derived that plays the role of a normal form, i.e., in the first approximation, it determines the behavior of all solutions of the original boundary value problem with initial conditions from a sufficiently small neighborhood of equilibrium.     

Stability of smooth solitary waves for the generalized Korteweg–de-Vries equation with combined dispersion

The problem of orbital stability of smooth solitary waves in the generalized Korteweg–de-Vries equation with combined dispersion is considered. The results show that the smooth solitary waves are stable for any speed of wave propagation.     

Invariant analysis of time fractional generalized Burgers and Korteweg–de Vries equations

A systematic investigation to derive Lie point symmetries to time fractional generalized Burgers as well as Korteweg–de Vries equations is presented. Using the obtained Lie point symmetries we have shown that each of them has been transformed into a nonlinear ordinary differential equation of fractional order with a new independent variable. The derivative corresponding to time fractional in the reduced equation is usually known as the Erdélyi–Kober fractional derivative.     

Hamiltonian structures for the Ostrovsky–Vakhnenko equation

We obtain a bi-Hamiltonian formulation for the Ostrovsky–Vakhnenko (OV) equation using its higher order symmetry and a new transformation to the Caudrey–Dodd–Gibbon–Sawada–Kotera equation. Central to this derivation is the relation between Hamiltonian structures when dependent and independent variables are transformed.     

On the complete integrability and linearization of a Burgers– Korteweg–de Vries-type nonlinear equation

In this work, on the basis of the Bogolyubov–Prykarpats’kyi gradient–holonomic algorithm for the investigation of the integrability of nonlinear dynamical systems on functional manifolds, the exact linearization of a Burgers–Korteweg–de Vries-type nonlinear dynamical system is established. As a result, we describe the linear structure of the space of solutions and show its relation to the convexity of certain functional subsets. The bi-Hamiltonian property of the Burgers–Korteweg–de Vries dynamical system is also established, and the infinite hierarchy of functionally independent invariants is constructed.     

Blow up for the critical generalized Korteweg–de Vries equation. I: Dynamics near the soliton

We consider the quintic generalized Korteweg–de Vries equation (gKdV) $$u_t + (u_{xx} + u^5)_x =0,$$ which is a canonical mass critical problem, for initial data in H ¹ close to the soliton. In earlier works on this problem, finite- or infinite-time blow up was proved for non-positive energy solutions, and the solitary wave was shown to be the universal blow-up profile, see [16], [26] and [20]. For well-localized initial data, finite-time blow up with an upper bound on blow-up rate was obtained in [18]. In this paper, we fully revisit the analysis close to the soliton for gKdV in light of the recent progress on the study of critical dispersive blow-up problems (see [31], [39], [32] and [33], for example). For a class of initial data close to the soliton, we prove that three scenarios only can occur: (i) the solution leaves any small neighborhood of the modulated family of solitons in the scale invariant L ² norm; (ii) the solution is global and converges to a soliton as t → ∞; (iii) the solution blows up in finite time T with speed $$\|u_x(t)\|_{L^2} \sim \frac{C(u_0)}{T-t} \quad {\rm as}\, t\to T.$$ Moreover, the regimes (i) and (iii) are stable. We also show that non-positive energy yields blow up in finite time, and obtain the characterization of the solitary wave at the zero-energy level as was done for the mass critical non-linear Schrödinger equation in [31].     

Global solutions for the generalized Camassa–Holm equation

In this paper, we study the Cauchy problem of the generalized Camassa–Holm equation. Firstly, we prove the existence of the global strong solutions provide the initial data satisfying a certain sign condition. Then, we obtain the existence and the uniqueness of the global weak solutions under the same sign condition of the initial data.     

Self-adjointness and conservation laws for Kadomtsev–Petviashvili–Burgers equation

In this work we study the Kadomtsev–Petviashvili–Burgers equation, which is a natural model for the propagation of the two-dimensional damped waves. We show that the equation is nonlinear self-adjoint and it will become strict self-adjoint or weak self-adjoint in some equivalent form. By using Ibragimov’s theorem on conservation laws we find some conservation laws for this equation.