An Estimate for the Morse Index of a Stokes Wave

Stokes waves are steady periodic water waves on the free surface of an infinitely deep irrotational two-dimensional flow under gravity without surface tension. They can be described in terms of solutions of the Euler–Lagrange equation of a certain functional; this allows one to define the Morse index of a Stokes wave. It is well known that if the Morse indices of the elements of a set of non-singular Stokes waves are bounded, then none of them is close to a singular one. The paper presents a quantitative variant of this result.     

Dispersion Equation for Water Waves with Vorticity and Stokes Waves on Flows with Counter-Currents

The two-dimensional free-boundary problem of steady periodic waves with vorticity is considered for water of finite depth. We investigate how flows with small-amplitude Stokes waves on the free surface bifurcate from a horizontal parallel shear flow in which counter-currents may be present. Two bifurcation mechanisms are described: one for waves with fixed Bernoulli’s constant, and the other for waves with fixed wavelength. In both cases the corresponding dispersion equations serve for defining wavelengths from which Stokes waves bifurcate. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of roots of these equations are obtained. Two particular vorticity distributions are considered in order to illustrate the general results.     

From Stokes to cnoidal wave

A type of waves that allows a continuous passage from Stokes waves to cnoidal waves of first approximation is presented. Energy propagation speed and mass transport velocities of all these waves are examined. We particularly want to point out that density of energy always moves with phase speed.

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Sommario Si presenta uno schema che consente un passaggio graduale dalle onde di Stokes alle onde cnoidali di prima approssimazione. Per tutte queste vengono esaminate la celerità di propagazione dell'energia e le velocità indotte sul trasporto di massa. In particolare si evidenzia che la densità di energia trasla con la celerità di fase.

     

A Comparison of Nonlinear Water Wave Models

We compare the numerical evolution of one-dimensional gravity waves in response to a traveling surface pressure pulse using a highly accurate boundary integral method and two relatively efficient approximate models (West et al. and Benney–Luke). In both water of finite-depth and in the deep-water limit, the steady state effect of the decaying pressure ramp is to create a profile which approximates a Stokes wave. Moreover, the transient surface profile appears to evolve through a series of Stokes waves of time-varying amplitude. Results show all three models yield similar predictions for lower amplitude waves, while the West et al. and boundary integral predictions differ from the Benney–Luke model at higher amplitudes.     

在均匀剪切流动中的Stokes波

本文从Euler方程出发讨论在均匀剪切流动中的Stokes波·把未知函数和波速展开成渐近级数,利用Fredholm择一定理来确定待定常数。得到了在均匀剪切流中二阶波形并研究了均匀剪切流对增水的影响。当流速为零时,本文的结果就退化为已有的在静水中的stokes波。     

Interaction between a stokes wave packet and a solitary wave

This paper is a theoretical and experimental study of the propagation of a short gravity wave packet (modulated Stokes wave) over a solitary wave. The theoretical approach used here relies on a nonlinear WKB-type perturbation method. This method yields a theory of gravity waves that can describe both short and long waves simultaneously. We obtain explicit analytical solutions describing the interaction between the soliton and the short wave packet: phase shifts, variations of wavelengths and of frequencies (Doppler effects). In the experimental part of this work the phase shift experienced by the Stokes wave is measured. The theoretical conclusions are confirmed.     

Asymptotic Stability of Combination of Viscous Contact Wave with Rarefaction Waves for One-Dimensional Compressible Navier–Stokes System

We are concerned with the large-time behavior of solutions of the Cauchy problem to the one-dimensional compressible Navier–Stokes system for ideal polytropic fluids, where the far field states are prescribed. When the corresponding Riemann problem for the compressible Euler system admits the solution consisting of contact discontinuity and rarefaction waves, it is proved that for the one-dimensional compressible Navier–Stokes system, the combination wave of a “viscous contact wave”, which corresponds to the contact discontinuity, with rarefaction waves is asymptotically stable, provided the strength of the combination wave is suitably small. This result is proved by using elementary energy methods.     

The Sub-Harmonic Bifurcation of Stokes Waves

Steady periodic water waves on the free surface of an infinitely deep irrotational flow under gravity without surface tension (Stokes waves) can be described in terms of solutions of a quasi-linear equation which involves the Hilbert transform and which is the Euler-Lagrange equation of a simple functional. The unknowns are a 2π-periodic function w which gives the wave profile and the Froude number, a dimensionless parameter reflecting the wavelength when the wave speed is fixed (and vice versa). Although this equation is exact, it is quadratic (with no higher order terms) and the global structure of its solution set can be studied using elements of the theory of real analytic varieties and variational techniques. In this paper it is shown that there bifurcates from the first eigenvalue of the linearised problem a uniquely defined arc-wise connected set of solutions with prescribed minimal period which, although it is not necessarily maximal as a connected set of solutions and may possibly self-intersect, has a local real analytic parametrisation and contains a wave of greatest height in its closure (suitably defined). Moreover it contains infinitely many points which are either turning points or points where solutions with the prescribed minimal period bifurcate. (The numerical evidence is that only the former occurs, and this remains an open question.) It is also shown that there are infinitely many values of the Froude number at which Stokes waves, having a minimal wavelength that is an arbitrarily large integer multiple of the basic wavelength, bifurcate from the primary branch. These are the sub-harmonic bifurcations in the paper's title. (In 1925 Levi-Civita speculated that the minimal wavelength of a Stokes wave propagating with speed c did not exceed 2πc ²/g. This is disproved by our result on sub-harmonic bifurcation, since it shows that there are Stokes waves with bounded propagation speeds but arbitrarily large minimal wavelengths.) Although the work of Benjamin & Feir} and others [9, 10] has shown Stokes waves on deep water to be unstable, they retain a central place in theoretical hydrodynamics. The mathematical tools used to study them here are real analytic-function theory, spectral theory of periodic linear pseudo-differential operators and Morse theory, all combined with the deep influence of a paper by Plotnikov [36]. Accepted: December 6, 1999     

Incompressible Limit for Compressible Fluids with Stochastic Forcing

We study the asymptotic behavior of the isentropic Navier–Stokes system driven by a multiplicative stochastic forcing in the compressible regime, where the Mach number approaches zero. Our approach is based on the recently developed concept of a weak martingale solution to the primitive system, uniform bounds derived from a stochastic analogue of the modulated energy inequality, and careful analysis of acoustic waves. A stochastic incompressible Navier–Stokes system is identified as the limit problem.     

On a Pseudo-Differential Equation¶for Stokes Waves

It is shown that the existence of a smooth solution to a nonlinear pseudo-differential equation on the unit circle is equivalent to the existence of a globally injective conformal mapping in the complex plane which gives a smooth solution to the nonlinear elliptic free-boundary problem for Stokes waves in hydrodynamics. A dual formulation is used to show that the equation has no non-trivial smooth solutions, stable or otherwise, that would correspond to a Stokes wave with gravity acting in a direction opposite to that which is physically realistic.     

Vanishing Viscosity Limit of the Compressible Navier–Stokes Equations for Solutions to a Riemann Problem

We study the vanishing viscosity limit of the compressible Navier–Stokes equations to the Riemann solution of the Euler equations that consists of the superposition of a shock wave and a rarefaction wave. In particular, it is shown that there exists a family of smooth solutions to the compressible Navier–Stokes equations that converges to the Riemann solution away from the initial and shock layers at a rate in terms of the viscosity and the heat conductivity coefficients. This gives the first mathematical justification of this limit for the Navier–Stokes equations to the Riemann solution that contains these two typical nonlinear hyperbolic waves.     

Canonical equations for almost periodic,weakly nonlinear gravity waves

A set of stable canonical equations of second order is derived, which describe the propagation of almost periodic waves in the horizontal plane, including weakly nonlinear interactions. The derivation is based on the Hamiltonian theory of surface waves, using an extension of the Ritz variational method. For waves of infinitesimal amplitude the well-known linear refraction-diffraction model (the mild-slope equation) is recovered. In deep water the nonlinear dispersion relation for Stokes waves is found. In shallow water the equations reduce to Airy's nonlinear shallow-water equations for very long waves. Periodic solutions with steady profile show the occurrence of a singularity at the crest, at a critical wave height.     

非线性周期波及破碎波对杆件的作用力

本文采用十五阶 Stokes 波的 Pade 逼近,获得了与实验较为一致的流场,并且利用已有的破碎波的速度、加速度场,计算了非线性波和破碎波对各种杆件作用力,比较了它们的主要特征,为海洋工程设计提供依据。     

EIGEN THEORY OF VISCOELASTIC DYNAMICS BASED ON THE KELVIN-VOIGT MODEL

Using the eigen theory of solid mechanics, the eigen properties of anisotropic viscoelastic bodies with Kelvin-Voigt model were studied, and the generalized Stokes equation of anisotropic viscoelastic dynamics was obtained, which gives the three-dimensional pattern of viscoelastical waves. The laws of viscoelastical waves of different anisotropical bodies were discussed. Several new conclusiones are given.     

Turbulent mass transport and attenuation in Stokes waves

The motion of turbulent Stokes waves on a finite constant depth fluid with a rough bed is considered. First and second order turbulent boundary layer equations are solved numerically for a range of roughness parameters, and from the solutions are calculated the mass transport velocity profiles and attenuation coefficients. A new mechanism of turbulent mass transport is found which predicts a reduction and reversal of drift velocity in shallow water in agreement with experimental observations under turbulent conditions. This transpires because the second order Stokes wave motion, in a turbulent boundary layer, can directly influence the mass transport velocity by mode coupling interactions between different second order Fourier modes of oscillation. It is also found that the Euler contribution due to the radiation stress of the first order motion is reduced to half of it's corresponding laminar value as a consequence of the velocity squared stress law. The attenuation is found to be of inverse algebraic type with the reciprocal wave height varying linearly with either distance or time. The severe wave height restriction applicable to the Longuet-Higgins [4] solution is shown not to apply to progressive waves on a finite constant depth of fluid. The existence of sand bars on sloping beaches exposed to turbulent waves is predicted.     

The initialization of nonlinear waves using an adjustment scheme

A procedure for initializing nonlinear free-surface simulations is developed and validated. Numerical simulations of nonlinear progressive waves are prone to developing spurious high-frequency standing waves unless the flow field is given sufficient time to adjust. An adjustment procedure is developed that allows nonlinear free-surface simulations to be initialized with linear solutions. The adjustment scheme allows the natural development of nonlinear self-wave (locked modes) and wave–wave (free modes) interactions. The implementation of the adjustment procedure is illustrated using a high-order spectral method. Comparisons are made to fully-nonlinear Stokes waves and Schrodinger theory.     

波作用量守恒原理在波流相互作用中的应用

波和流相遇后，经过相互作用产生稳定的波流场．基于波作用量守恒原理，本文提出了解决Ｓｔｏｋｅｓ波与指数剖面流同向或反向相遇过程中波传播特性改变问题的五阶理论，给出了这种相互作用前后波参数间的关系和相应流场的变化，并与线性结果进行了比较．结果表明，当波流同向时，波变平缓；当波流反向时，波明显变陡．随着波流强度的增加，非线性的影响变得越来越明显，尤其当波同反向流相遇时，波幅显著增大，这时必须用非线性理论来考虑波流相互作用的影响     

Soliton-like excitations in the one-dimensional electrical transmission line

The dynamics of modulated waves are studied in the one-dimensional discrete nonlinear electrical transmission line. The contribution of the linear dispersive capacitance is taken into account, and it is shown via the reductive perturbation method that the evolution of such waves in this system is governed by the higher-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Passing through the Stokes analysis, we establish a generalized criterion for the Benjamin-Feir instability in the network and determine the exact solutions of the obtained wave equation by using the Pathria-Morris approach.     

Towards a transparent boundary condition for compressible Navier–Stokes equations

A new artificial boundary condition for two‐dimensional subsonic flows governed by the compressible Navier–Stokes equations is derived. It is based on the hyperbolic part of the equations, according to the way of propagation of the characteristic waves. A reference flow, as well as a convection velocity, is used to properly discretize the terms corresponding to the entering waves. Numerical tests on various classical model problems, whose solutions are known, and comparisons with other boundary conditions (BCs), show the efficiency of the BC. Direct numerical simulations of more complex flows over a dihedral plate are simulated, without creation of acoustic waves going back in the flow. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Viscous fluid flow induced by rotational-oscillatory motion of a porous sphere

Viscous fluid flow induced by rotational-oscillatorymotion of a porous sphere submerged in the fluid is determined. The Darcy formula for the viscous medium drag is supplementedwith a term that allows for the medium motion. The medium motion is also included in the boundary conditions. Exact analytical solutions are obtained for the time-dependent Brinkman equation in the region inside the sphere and for the Navier–Stokes equations outside the body. The existence of internal transverse waves in the fluid is shown; in these waves the velocity is perpendicular to the wave propagation direction. The waves are standing inside the sphere and traveling outside of it. The particular cases of low and high oscillation frequencies are considered.