Colliding gravitational plane waves and Black Hole creation

A brief review of the work done in collaboration with Irina Aref’eva and Igor Volovich in the nineties and published in Nucl. Phys. B [1] with the above title is presented on honor of the Sixty Fifth birthday of Academician Igor Volovich.     

Variational approach to scattering of plane elastic waves by diffraction gratings

The scattering of a time‐harmonic plane elastic wave by a two‐dimensional periodic structure is studied. The grating profile is given by a Lipschitz curve on which the displacement vanishes. Using a variational formulation in a bounded periodic cell involving a nonlocal boundary operator, existence of solutions in quasiperiodic Sobolev spaces is investigated by establishing the Fredholmness of the operator generated by the corresponding sesquilinear form. Moreover, by a Rellich identity, uniqueness is proved under the assumption that the grating profile is given by a Lipschitz graph. The direct scattering problem for transmission gratings is also investigated. In this case, uniqueness is proved except for a discrete set of frequencies. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The diffraction of elastic waves by an imperfect fusion bond

We consider diffraction by a semi-infinite crack located alonga fusion interface between two differing elastic media. Twotypes of crack, namely open and partially closed cracks, areinvestigated. An open crack is modelled by a stress-free contactboundary condition and a partially closed crack is modelledby a spring contact boundary condition. For the latter, thejump in the stress across the crack is assumed to be proportionalto the jump in the displacement across the crack. This situationarises in, for example, a K-weld where the fine grain of theparent material (for example, ferritic or forged austeniticsteel) is in stark contrast with the coarse-grained weld metal(for example, austenitic weld metal). In the metal weld thedirection of the grain axis varies through the metal. However,diffraction is a local phenomenon and so the austenitic steelis assumed to have a zonal axis so that it may be modelled bya transversely isotropic composite. The ferritic or forged austeniticsteel will be modelled as an isotropic material.     

Non-linear waves on shallow water under an ice cover. Higher order expansions

Non-linear wave processes on the surface of shallow water under a layer of ice are considered taking bending deformations and tension compression into account. A closed system of equations in the water level perturbations and the velocity potential is derived to describe them. From the consistancy conditions for this system, using the method of multiple scales and perturbation theory, a ninth-order non-linear evolution equation is obtained for describing the perturbations of the water level, taking into account higher order corrections in the small parameters. A periodic solution of the equation obtained is constructed, expressed in terms of Weierstrass elliptic functions. Solutions are obtained in the form of solitary waves, expressed in terms of hyperbolic functions, using a modification of the simplest equations method. It is shown that, for periodic and solitary waves, two forms of wave profiles exist depending on the parameters of the mathematical model.     

The choice of constitutive relations for an ice cover

The constitutive relations between the internal stresses and the deformation parameters of a sea ice cover, which are used in the AIDJEX elastoplastic model and Hibler's non-linearly viscous model, are investigated. It is shown that the structural instability of the ice cover with respect to plastic shear deformations is a consequence of the associated flow rule used in these models. The use of constitutive relations which violate the associated flow rule, but which are in good agreement with the physical properties of granular media, is suggested. An ice cover damage parameter and an empirical equation which describes the change in this parameter are introduced into the treatment. Energy relations are investigated.     

Motion of the edge of an ice sheet

Translated from Issledovaniya po Prikladnoi Matematike, No. 10, pp. 150–154, 1984.     

The diffraction of surface waves by an elastic platform floating on shallow water

The scattering of long gravitational waves by a floating elastic plate is investigated using linear shallow-water theory. For a plate of arbitrary shape, the solution of the problem is reduced to a system of boundary integral equations. Using the example of a rectangular plate, the solution obtained is compared with existing theoretical and experimental results. The behaviour of the buckling of a rectangular plate and of a strip of constant width is compared for oblique incidence of surface waves.     

The diffraction of plane elastic waves by a delaminated rigid inclusion when there is smooth contact in the delamination region

A solution of the problem of the diffraction of harmonic elastic waves by a thin rigid strip-like delaminated inclusion in an unbounded elastic medium, in which the conditions for plane deformation are satisfied, is proposed. We mean by a delaminated inclusion an inclusion, one side of which is completely bonded to the elastic medium, while the second does not interact in any way with it, or this interaction is partial. It is assumed that the conditions for smooth contact are satisfied in the delamination region. The method of solution is based on the use of previously constructed discontinuous solutions of the equations describing the vibrations of an elastic medium under plane deformation conditions. The problem therefore reduces to solving a system of three singular integral equations in the unknown stress and strain jumps at the inclusion. An approximate solution of the latter enabled formulae to be obtained that are convenient for numerical realization when investigating the stressed state in the region of the inclusion and its displacements when acted upon by incident waves.     

The diffraction of plane elastic unsteady waves by a delaminated inclusion in the case of smooth contact in the delamination region

A solution of the problem of the diffraction of unsteady elastic waves by a thin strip-like delaminated rigid inclusion in an unbounded elastic medium under conditions of planer strain is proposed. We have in mind an inclusion, one side of which is completely bonded with the medium while, the other side is delaminated and conditions of smooth contact are satisfied on it. The method of solution is based on the use of discontinuous solutions of the Lamé equations of motion under conditions of planer strain, which have been constructed earlier in the space of Laplace transforms. As a result, the problem reduces to solving a system of three singular integral equations for the transforms of the unknown discontinuities. The inverse transforms are found by a numerical method, based on the replacement of a Mellin integral by a Fourier series.     

The diffraction of a plane compressional wave by a spherical cavity in an elastic medium

Zusammenfassung Ein sphärischer Hohlraum in einem unendlichen homogenen und isotropen elastischen Medium wird von einer ebenen Druckstosswelle überstrichen, deren Front sich gleichförmig fortbewegt. Das durch Ablenkung am Hohlraum erzeugte Verschiebungs- und spannungsfeld wird mittels einer Integraltransformation bestimmt. Insbesondere wird die starre Teilbewegung der Begrenzung des Hohlraums ermittelt. Das Problem wird für eine einstufige Druckwelle gelöst. Die Ergebnisse lassen sich als Einflussgrössen betrachten, mit denen sich die Duhamel-Integrale für allgemeinere Druckwellen berechnen lassen.

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This work was performed under Contract No. AF 29(601)-5132 (Project No. 1080, Task No. 108007) for Air Force Special Weapons Center, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, USA.     

Resonance interactions of waves in an ice channel

The properties of low-amplitude surface waves propagating in an ice channel are investigated in the shallow-water approximation. The ice cover is modelled either by a rigid cap or by a thin elastic plate floating on a liquid surface. It is shown that an ice channel is a waveguide for surface waves. The dispersive properties of the natural oscillations of the liquid in the channel are investigated. The resonance velocities of the motion of the load on the channel surface, at which the amplitude of the forced oscillations of the liquid increases without limit in time, are determined. The decay instability of the natural oscillations of high harmonics with respect to waves of the first mode is demonstrated. The process is described by the standard equations for non-linear three-wave interaction. The investigations lead to the conclusion that critical modes of motion of a boat are realizable in an ice channel.     

The height of multiple edge plane trees

Multi-edge trees as introduced in a recent paper of Dziemiańczuk are plane trees where multiple edges are allowed. We first show that d-ary multi-edge trees where the out-degrees are bounded by d are in bijection with classical d-ary trees. This allows us to analyse parameters such as the height. The main part of this paper is concerned with multi-edge trees counted by their number of edges. The distribution of the number of vertices as well as the height are analysed asymptotically.     

Elements of the theory of gravitational waves

Novgorod Polytechnic Institute. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 79, No. 1, pp. 146–150, April, 1989.     

Energy flows of gravitational waves

The problem of the energy transfer produced by weak gravitational waves on a static background is solved by using the Killing vectors without introducing the momentum-energy pseudotensor. The Lagrangian, which is of the second order in metric excitations and which determines the flow and density of the energy of gravitational waves on a static spherically symmetrical space-time background, is derived. Integration over angular variables in the action integral thus reduces the problem to a two-dimensional effective problem. Energy flows on the Schwarzschild metric background are calculated. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 120, No. 1, pp. 168–176, July, 1999.     

Diffraction of plane waves by conical obstacles

The problem of plane wave incidence on a conical obstacle of arbitrary cross section is analyzed. Constructing a solution in the form of a Watson integral and its subsequent investigation allow one to describe a spherical wave scattered by the vertex of the cone. The general scheme is illustrated by examples of diffraction by circular and elliptic cones.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 173, pp. 142–154, 1988.