Solitary waves and their linear stability in weakly coupled KdV equations

We consider a system of weakly coupled KdV equations developed initially by Gear & Grimshaw to model interactions between long waves. We prove the existence of a variety of solitary wave solutions, some of which are not constrained minimizers. We show that such solutions are always linearly unstable. Moreover, the nature of the instability may be oscillatory and as such provides a rigorous justification for the numerically observed phenomenon of “leapfrogging.”     

Solitary wave solutions to the Isobe-Kakinuma model for water waves

We consider the Isobe-Kakinuma model for two-dimensional water waves in the case of a flat bottom. The Isobe-Kakinuma model is a system of Euler-Lagrange equations for a Lagrangian approximating Luke's Lagrangian for water waves. We show theoretically the existence of a family of small amplitude solitary wave solutions to the Isobe-Kakinuma model in the long wave regime. Numerical analysis for large amplitude solitary wave solutions is also provided and suggests the existence of a solitary wave of extreme form with a sharp crest.     

A note on the wave propagation in water of variable depth

In the present work, utilizing the two dimensional equations of an incompressible inviscid fluid and the reductive perturbation method we studied the propagation of weakly nonlinear waves in water of variable depth. For the case of slowly varying depth, the evolution equation is obtained as the variable coefficient Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation. Due to the difficulties for the analytical solutions, a numerical technics so called “the method of integrating factor” is used and the evolution equation is solved under a given initial condition and the bottom topography. It is observed the parameters of bottom topography causes to the changes in wave amplitude, wave profile and the wave speed.     

Solitary wave solutions of the high-order KdV models for bi-directional water waves

An approach, which allows us to construct specific closed-form solitary wave solutions for the KdV-like water-wave models obtained through the Boussinesq perturbation expansion for the two-dimensional water wave problem in the limit of long wavelength/small amplitude waves, is developed. The models are relevant to the case of the bi-directional waves with the amplitude of the left-moving wave of O(ϵ) (ϵ is the amplitude parameter) as compared with that of the right-moving wave. We show that, in such a case, the Boussinesq system can be decomposed into a system of coupled equations for the right- and left-moving waves in which, to any order of the expansion, one of the equations is dependent only on the (main) right-wave elevation and takes the form of the high-order KdV equation with arbitrary coefficients whereas the second equation includes both elevations. Then the explicit solitary wave solutions constructed via our approach may be treated as the exact solutions of the infinite-order perturbed KdV equations for the right-moving wave with the properly specified high-order coefficients. Such solutions include, in a sense, contributions of all orders of the asymptotic expansion and therefore may be considered to a certain degree as modelling the solutions of the original water wave problem under proper initial conditions. Those solitary waves, although stemming from the KdV solitary waves, possess features found neither in the KdV solitons nor in the solutions of the first order perturbed KdV equations.     

Summatory and integral equations in periodic diffraction problems for elastic waves at defects in stratified media

We consider the diffraction problem for an elastic wave on a periodic set of defects located at the interface of stratified media. We reduce the mentioned problem to a pair summatory functional equation with respect to coefficients of the expansion of the desired wave by quasiperiodic waves (the Floquet waves). Using the method of integral identities, we reduce the pair equation to a regular infinite system of linear equations. One can solve this system by the truncation method. We prove that the integral identity is the necessary and sufficient condition for the solvability of the auxiliary overspecified problem for a system of equations in a half-plane in the elasticity theory. We obtain integral equations of the second kind which are equivalent to the initial diffraction problem.     

Coupled system of Korteweg–de Vries equations type in domains with moving boundaries

We consider the initial-boundary value problem in a bounded domain with moving boundaries and nonhomogeneous boundary conditions for the coupled system of equations of Korteweg–de Vries (KdV)-type modelling strong interactions between internal solitary waves. Finite domains of wave propagation changing in time arise naturally in certain practical situations when the equations are used as a model for waves and a numerical scheme is needed. We prove a global existence and uniqueness for strong solutions for the coupled system of equations of KdV-type as well as the exponential decay of small solutions in asymptotically cylindrical domains. Finally, we present a numerical scheme based on semi-implicit finite differences and we give some examples to show the numerical effect of the moving boundaries for this kind of systems.     

The long‐wave limit for the water wave problem I. The case of zero surface tension

The Korteweg‐de Vries equation, Boussinesq equation, and many other equations can be formally derived as approximate equations for the two‐dimensional water wave problem in the limit of long waves. Here we consider the classical problem concerning the validity of these equations for the water wave problem in an infinitely long canal without surface tension. We prove that the solutions of the water wave problem in the long‐wave limit split up into two wave packets, one moving to the right and one to the left, where each of these wave packets evolves independently as a solution of a Korteweg‐de Vries equation. Our result allows us to describe the nonlinear interaction of solitary waves. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Transverse nonlinear instability for two-dimensional dispersive models

We present a method to prove nonlinear instability of solitary waves in dispersive models. Two examples are analyzed: we prove the nonlinear long time instability of the KdV solitary wave (with respect to periodic transverse perturbations) under a KP-I flow and the transverse nonlinear instability of solitary waves for the cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equation.     

Nonlinearly Coupled KdV Equations Describing the Interaction of Equatorial and Midlatitude Rossby Waves

Amplitude equations governing the nonlinear resonant interaction of equatorial baroclinic and barotropic Rossby waves were derived by Majda and Biello and used as a model for long range interactions （teleconnections） between the tropical and midlatitude troposphere. An overview of that derivation is nonlinear wave theory, but not in atmospheric presented and geared to readers versed in sciences. In the course of the derivation, two other sets of asymptotic equations are presented： the long equatorial wave equations and the weakly nonlinear, long equatorial wave equations. A linear transformation recasts the amplitude equations as nonlinear and linearly coupled KdV equations governing the amplitude of two types of modes, each of which consists of a coupled tropical/midlatitude flow. In the limit of Rossby waves with equal dispersion, the transformed amplitude equations become two KdV equations coupled only through nonlinear fluxes. Four numerical integrations are presented which show （i） the interaction of two solitons, one from either mode, （ii） and （iii） the interaction of a soliton in the presence of different mean wind shears, and （iv） the interaction of two solitons mediated by the presence of a mean wind shear.     

The steady two-dimensional flow over a rectangular obstacle lying on the bottom

We study a plane problem with mixed boundary conditions for a harmonic function in an unbounded Lipschitz domain contained in a strip. The problem is obtained by linearizing the hydrodynamic equations which describe the steady flow of a heavy ideal fluid over an obstacle lying on the flat bottom of a channel. In the case of obstacles of rectangular shape we prove unique solvability for all velocities of the (unperturbed) flow above a critical value depending on the obstacle depth. We also discuss regularity and asymptotic properties of the solutions.     

Solitary waves and a stability analysis of an equation of short and long dispersive waves

A universal model for the interaction of long nonlinear waves and packets of short waves with long linear carrier waves is given by a system in which an equation of Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) type is coupled to an equation of nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) type. The system has solutions of steady form in which one component is like a solitary-wave solution of the KdV equation and the other component is like a ground-state solution of the NLS equation. We study the stability of solitary-wave solutions to an equation of short and long waves by using variational methods based on the use of energy–momentum functionals and the techniques of convexity type. We use the concentration compactness method to prove the existence of solitary waves. We prove that the stability of solitary waves is determined by the convexity or concavity of a function of the wave speed.     

Error propagation when approximating multi-solitons: The KdV equation as a case study

The paper studies the influence of the time discretizations when simulating some phenomena involving more than one solitary wave. Taking the KdV equation as a case study, we obtain some conditions on the numerical method in order to get a more correct simulation of multi-soliton solutions. They are related to the evolution of the conserved quantities of the problem through the numerical integration. It is shown that, when approximating N-solitons, a method that preserves N invariants of the problem shows a better time propagation of the error than that of a general scheme. As a consequence of this, the simulation of some physical parameters that characterize the waves is more suitable when using conservative integrators. We also show how these results can be extended to the approximation to multi-solitons of any equation of the KdV hierarchy and, more generally, other integrable equations.     

Numerical solutions of an extended Korteweg-de Vries equation describing solitary waves in turbulent open-channel flow

Solitary waves in two-dimensional, turbulent open-channel flow are considered. In an asymptotic analysis given in [1], assuming a bottom roughness that is varying along the channel bed, an extended Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation was derived to describe the surface elevation of the wave. We adopted this equation and solved it numerically as a coupled boundary-value eigenvalue problem, obtaining results for stationary and transient wave solutions as well as for the eigenvalue, which corresponds to distinct values of the bottom friction coefficient. While the numerical solutions as compared to the asymptotic solutions in [1] agree well in the stationary case, there were major differences found in the transient solutions. (© 2014 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Solitary waves and their linear stability in weakly coupled KdV equations

We consider a system of weakly coupled KdV equations developed initially by Gear & Grimshaw to model interactions between long waves. We prove the existence of a variety of solitary wave solutions, some of which are not constrained minimizers. We show that such solutions are always linearly unstable. Moreover, the nature of the instability may be oscillatory and as such provides a rigorous justification for the numerically observed phenomenon of “leapfrogging.”     

On the “Destruction” of Solutions of Nonlinear Wave Equations of Sobolev Type with Cubic Sources

We consider model three-dimensional wave nonlinear equations of Sobolev type with cubic sources, and foremost, model three-dimensional equations of Benjamin-Bona-Mahony and Rosenau types with model cubic sources. An essentially three-dimensional nonlinear equation of spin waves with cubic source is also studied. For these equations, we investigate the first initial boundary-value problem in a bounded domain with smooth boundary. We prove local solvability in the strong generalized sense and, for an equation of Benjamin-Bona-Mahony type with source, we prove the unique solvability of a “weakened” solution. We obtain sufficient conditions for the “destruction” of the solutions of the problems under consideration. These conditions have the sense of a “large” value of the initial perturbation in the norms of certain Banach spaces. Finally, for an equation of Benjamin-Bona-Mahony type, we prove the “failure” of a “weakened” solution in finite time.     

Propagation of the nonlinear damped Korteweg‐de Vries equation in an unmagnetized collisional dusty plasma via analytical mathematical methods

In this article, we consider the problem formulation of dust plasmas with positively charge, cold dust fluid with negatively charge, thermal electrons, ionized electrons, and immovable background neutral particles. We obtain the dust‐ion‐acoustic solitary waves (DIASWs) under nonmagnetized collision dusty plasma. By using the reductive perturbation technique, the nonlinear damped Korteweg‐de Vries (D‐KdV) equation is formulated. We found the solutions for nonlinear D‐KdV equation. The constructed solutions represent as bright solitons, dark solitons, kink wave and antikinks wave solitons, and periodic traveling waves. The physical interpretation of constructed solutions is represented by two‐ and three‐dimensional graphically models to understand the physical aspects of various behavior for DIASWs. These investigation prove that proposed techniques are more helpful, fruitful, powerful, and efficient to study analytically the other nonlinear nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) that arise in engineering, plasma physics, mathematical physics, and many other branches of applied sciences.     

Homogenization Method in the Problem of Long Wave Propagation from a Localized Source in a Basin over an Uneven Bottom

In the framework of the linearized shallow water equations, the homogenization method for wave type equations with rapidly oscillating coefficients that generally cannot be represented as periodic functions of the fast variables is applied to the Cauchy problem for the wave equation describing the evolution of the free surface elevation for long waves propagating in a basin over an uneven bottom. Under certain conditions on the function describing the basin depth, we prove that the solution of the homogenized equation asymptotically approximates the solution of the original equation. Model homogenized wave equations are constructed for several examples of one-dimensional sections of the real ocean bottom profile, and their numerical and asymptotic solutions are compared with numerical solutions of the original equations.     

The travelling wave solutions for non-linear initial-value problems using the homotopy perturbation method

In this article, we have used the homotopy perturbation method (HPM) to find the travelling wave solutions for some non-linear initial-value problems in the mathematical physics. These problems consist of the Burgers–Fisher equation, the Kuramoto–Sivashinsky equation, the coupled Schordinger KdV equations and the long–short wave resonance equations together with initial conditions. The results of these problems reveal that the HPM is very powerful, effective, convenient and quite accurate to the systems of non-linear equations. It is predicted that this method can be found widely applicable in engineering and physics.     

Global existence of solutions to a coupled coagulation system

We consider a model equations describing the coagulation process of a gas on a surface. The problem is modeled by two coupled equations. The first one is a nonlinear transport equation with bilinear coagulation operator while the second one is a nonlinear ordinary differential equation. The velocity and the boundary condition of the transport equation depend on the supersaturation function satisfying the nonlinear ode. We first prove global existence and uniqueness of solution to the nonlinear transport equation then, we consider the coupled problem and prove existence in the large of solutions to the full coagulation system.     

Multiparameter spectral problem for some weakly coupled systems of Hamiltonian equations

We consider a multiparameter spectral problem for a weakly coupled system of ordinary differential equations in which every equation is Hamiltonian and contains two unknown functions. Using the notion of the number of an eigenvalue for a problem with one such equation, we give a statement of the problem of finding the desired eigentuple of values for the problem with several equations. We prove the existence and uniqueness of a solution of this problem and suggest and study a numerical solution method.