Dynamical behavior of traveling wave solutions of ion acoustic plasma equations

By using the theory of planar dynamical systems to the ion acoustic plasma equations, we obtain the existence of the solutions of the smooth and non-smooth solitary waves and the uncountably infinite smooth and non-smooth periodic waves. Under the given parametric conditions, we present the sufficient conditions to guarantee the existence of the above solutions.     

An exact solution in a nonlinear theory of rods

A three dimensional nonlinear equilibrium theory of elastic rods, applicable to large displacements and small strains, and accounting for extensibility and shear deformation is developed. Integrals of the governing equations are determined for the case of specified end force and moment. A class of solutions is obtained for an initially straight, untwisted rod and compared to the classical solution. The effects of extensibility and shear deformation are discussed.     

Modeling cylindrical waves in nonlinear elastic composites

A procedure of deriving nonlinear wave equations that describe the propagation and interaction of hyperelastic cylindrical waves in composite materials modeled by a mixture with two elastic constituents is outlined. Nonlinearity is introduced by metric coefficients, Cauchy-Green strain tensor, and Murnaghan potential. It is the quadratic nonlinearity of all governing relations. For a configuration (state) dependent on the radial coordinate and independent of the angular and axial coordinates, quadratically nonlinear wave equations for stresses are derived and a relationship between the components of the stress tensor and partial strain gradient is established. Four combinations of physical and geometrical nonlinearities in systems of wave equations are examined. Nonlinear wave equations are explicitly written for three of the combinations __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 6, pp. 63–72, June 2007.     

The strain solitary waves in a nonlinear elastic rod

Solitary strain waves in a nonlinear elastic rod are analysed in this paper; influence of the physical and geometrical parameters of the rod on the waves are discussed; some main properties of the solitary waves are pointed out.     

The role of dust charging frequency in the linear and nonlinear propagation of dust acoustic waves

The effect of dust charge fluctuation on the existence and propagation of dust acoustic waves in unmagnetized dusty plasma is studied. Dispersion relation for the dust acoustic waves with temporal dust charge fluctuations is calculated based on the reductive perturbation technique. By considering two different limiting cases of the dust charging frequency, it is shown that the dusty plasma system gives rise to linear or nonlinear dust acoustic waves. The well-known collisionless damping of two existing normal modes and one purely damped mode are recovered when the dust charging frequency is comparable to the dust acoustic wave frequency. On the other hand, when the dust charging frequency is considerably higher than the wave frequency, it is then possible to derive a nonlinear Schrödinger type equation with envelope soliton as solution.     

A self-consistent solution for nonlinear theory of the positive column in a magnetic field

Only the electron and ion gases were taken into account in all previous theories of the positive column of intermediately-low-pressure arc discharge with or without the longitudinal magnetic field, while the motion of neutral gas was neglected. In 1982, the authors^[1] presented a nonlinear theory of a positive column which indicated that the rotating velocities of neutral gas and ion gas were nearly equal, and the motion of neutral gas could not be ignored. They further discussed the problem of validity of Bohm's criterion. However, some of the parameters with which the computation was worked out in Ref. [1] were not correlated to the initial discharge parameters. In the present paper, two integral relations are supplemented, so that a complete mathematical formation of the problem is given. A convergent numerical solution is obtained by iteration and the solution of Ref. [1] turns out to be the first iteration approximation. It is shown that both functions and parameters obtained by self-consistent solution differ significantly from those obtained in the first iteration approximation. According to this paper the computation can be conducted when the initial discharge parameters are given, so this method could have certain practical applications.     

Higher-order approximations in the analysis of nonlinear cylindrical waves in a hyperelastic medium

The nonlinear wave equation is solved analytically in cylindrical coordinates using the third-order approximation of the Hankel function. The second-order and third-order solutions are compared. The evolution of the initial wave profile is simulated numerically for different initial frequencies __________ Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 36–45, April 2007.     

Kink wave determined by parabola solution of a nonlinear ordinary differential equation

By finding a parabola solution connecting two equilibrium points of a planar dynamical system,the existence of the kink wave solution for 6 classes of nonlinear wave equations is shown.Some exact explicit parametric representations of kink wave solutions are given.Explicit parameter conditions to guarantee the existence of kink wave solutions are determined.     

Weakly nonlinear propagation of small-wavelength,impulsive acoustic waves in a general atmosphere

Multiple-scale asymptotic analysis is applied to small-wavelength, weakly nonlinear propagation of an impulsive acoustic wave in a general (3D, in-motion and time dependent) atmosphere. In keeping with previous work on sonic booms and nonlinear acoustics in general, the result is a combination of ray tracing and a generalised Burgers equation describing evolution of the waveform carried by a ray. This is nonetheless, to our knowledge, the first derivation of such a model based on asymptotic analysis of the governing equations for a general atmosphere. Results are given, discussed and compared with measurements for the particular example of the test explosion known as Misty Picture.     

水下爆炸冲击波壁压理论及数值计算方法改进研究

水下爆炸冲击波是舰船抗冲击评估中重要的载荷成分,也是水中结构物毁伤程度快速预报的关键和依据。通过小当量实验发现,由于传统 Taylor 平板理论公式忽略了冲击波波速的非线性变化 ,导致其在预报近距离水下爆炸冲击波壁压脉宽时出现偏差。为此,给出了比例爆距R/W1/3为0.11～5.30 m/kg1/3 (R为爆距,W为炸药质量)下的冲击波速度拟合公式,对传统Taylor理论公式进行修正。修正后,在R/W1/3=0.11 m/kg1/3下,壁压脉宽及冲量偏差大幅减小;在R/W1/3≥0.21 m/kg1/3下,两者偏差均小于12%。此外,在处理水下近场和中远场爆炸问题时,发现数值耗散会导致壁压峰值被明显削弱,于是提出了一种可行的数值策略消除计算中数值耗散导致的削弱效应,结果与修正的Taylor平板理论公式吻合良好,峰值偏差均小于9%。改进后的冲击波壁压理论公式及数值计算方法可为舰船抗爆抗冲击领域提供理论和技术支撑。     

Finite-amplitude acoustic pulses in a waveguide layer with longitudinal inhomogeneity

This paper considers the propagation of a weakly nonlinear acoustic pulse in a slightly curved waveguide layer which is strongly inhomogeneous in the transverse direction and weakly inhomogeneous in the longitudinal direction. The basic system of hydrodynamic equations reduces to a nonlinear wave equation, whose coefficients are determined using the equations of state of the medium. It is established that as the adiabatic exponent passes through the value γ = 3/2, the nature of the pulse propagation changes: for large values of γ, the medium is focusing, and for smaller values, it is defocusing. It is shown that the pulse propagation process is characterized by three scales: the high-frequency filling is modulated by the envelope, whose evolution, in turn, is determined by the moderate-rate evolution of the envelope phase and slow amplitude variation. A generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation with the coefficients dependent on the longitudinal coordinate is derived for the pulse envelope. An explicit soliton solution of this equation is constructed for some types of longitudinal inhomogeneity.     

Instability of solution for a class of the third order nonlinear differential equation

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Computer algebra-perturbation solution to a nonlinear wave equation

In this paper, the higher-order asymptotic solution to the Cauchy problem of a nonlinear wave equation is found by using a computer algebra-perturbation method. The secular terms in the solution from straightforward expansions are eliminated with the straining of characteristic, coordinates and the use of the renormalization technique, and the four-term uniformly valid solution is obtained with the symbolic computation by using a computer algebra system. The comparison of the derived asymptotic solution and the numerical solution shows that they coincide with each other for smaller ε and agree quite well for larger ε (e. g., ε=0.25) Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Shanghai Municiple Natural Science Foundation     

Theory of nonlinear waves in a plasma

Stationary nonlinear waves propagating in a cold rarefied plasma composed of electrons and two types of ions are considered. The structure of isolated waves and shock waves is found. In recent years an intensive study has been made of finite-amplitude waves and collisionless shock waves in a rarefied plasma, in connection with laboratory experiments [1] and astrophysical applications (the problem of the interaction of the solar wind with the Earth's magnetosphere [2]). When allowance is made for dispersion effects associated with the departure of the dispersion law =(k) from the linear, and for the compensating nonlinear twisting of the wave profile, we are able to obtain the profile of stationary nonlinear waves of finite amplitude, and when allowance is made for damping we can also obtain the structure of a collisionless shock wave [3]. Such waves have been studied fairly fully for the case of a two-component plasma. The present paper examines stationary nonlinear waves propagating across a magnetic field in a cold rarefied quasi-neutral plasma composed of electrons and two types of ions.     

Modeling acoustic waves in locally enhanced meshes with a staggered-grid finite difference approach

Finite difference is a well-suited technique for modeling acoustic wave propagation in heterogeneous media as well as for imaging and inversion. Typically, the method aims at solving a set of partial differential equations for the unknown pressure field by using a regularly spaced grid. Although finite differences can be fast and cheap to implement, the accuracy of the solution is always restricted by the computational resources. This is a fundamental key point to treat when dealing with large-scale problems. In this work, we present and test a method that uses a non-uniform distribution of grid points to improve on accuracy or to reduce the required computational resources. The applied grid is generated through a coordinate transformation. Differential geometry and generalized coordinates are used to handle and analyze the effect of using a non-uniform grid. Results obtained with the presented method show that the applied transformation as well as the number of points-per-wavelength influences the stability and dispersion in the solution. We exploit this observation to locally improve the accuracy of our simulations. The work presented in this paper allows us to conclude that differential geometry for finite differences can be used to reduce dispersion and hence improve the accuracy when modeling acoustic wave propagation in heterogeneous media. In addition, it can be used to avoid oversampling through the optimization of the number of grid nodes required to have an accurate solution or just honor to the boundaries.     

On the analysis of 2D nonlinear gravity waves with a fully nonlinear numerical model

A fully nonlinear numerical method, developed on the basis of Euler equations, is used to study the dynamics of nonlinear gravity waves, mainly in the aspects of the propagation of Stokes wave with disturbed sidebands, the evolution of one wave packet and the interaction of two wave groups. These cases have previously been studied with the higher order spectral method, which will be an approximately fully nonlinear scheme if the order of nonlinearity is not large enough, while the present method in the case of the 2D model has an integration scheme that is exact to the computer precision. As expected, in most cases the results are consistent between these two numerical models and it is confirmed again that this fully nonlinear numerical model is also capable of maintaining a high accuracy and good convergence, particularly in the long-term evolutionary process.     

The re-examination of the weakly nonlinear theory of hydrodynamic stability

The weakly nonlinear theory has been widely applied in the problem of hydrodynamicstability and also in other fields.However,although its application has been successful forsome problems,yet,for other problems,the results obtained are not satisfactory,especiallyfor problems like transition or the evolution of the vortex in the free shear flow,for whichthe goal of the theoretical investigation is not seeking for a steady state,but predicting anevolutional process.In this paper,we shall examine the reason for the unsuccessfulness andsuggest ways for its amendment.     

An exact solution on the stress analysis of fillet welds

An exact solution on the stress distribution of fillet welds is obtained in this paper. This solution can be used not only for estimating the accuracy of the present design method of fillet welds but also for establishing a new design method.     

Geometrical nonlinear waves in finite deformation elastic rods

IntroductionSomenewphenomenaofnonlinearwavesinthesolidmediumsuchasshockwave ,solitarywaveetc.arepaidmoreattentiontoincreasinglybyresearchersbecausetheytakeonalotofimportantproperties.ItistheoreticallyanalyzedinRefs.[1 -6]thattheformationmechanismsofshockwaveandsolitarywaveintheelasticthinrodsaswellastheirpropagationproperties.TheexistenceofsolitarywaveintheelasticmediumsuchasarodandaplatehasbeenverifiedinRef.[7]byexperiments.Shockwaveandsolitarywavearesteadilypropagatingtraveling_wavesgenerat…