Interactions between pairs of oblique waves in a Bickley jet

We consider the weakly nonlinear spatial evolution of a pair of varicose oblique waves and a pair of sinuous oblique waves superimposed on an inviscid Bickley jet, with each wave being slightly amplified on a linear basis. The two pairs are assumed to both be inclined at the same angle to the plane of the jet. A nonlinear critical layer analysis is employed to derive equations governing the evolution of the instability wave amplitudes, which contain a coupling between the modes. These equations are discussed and solved numerically, and it is shown that, as in related work for other flows, these equations may develop a singularity at a finite distance downstream.     

Nonlinear waves in liquids with gas bubbles with account of viscosity and heat transfer

Nonlinear wave processes in a liquid containing gas bubbles are studied. The effects of viscosity and heat transfer on the phase interface are taken into account. A family of nonlinear evolutionary equations for describing pressure waves in a gas-liquid mixture is constructed. It is shown that, for describing nonlinear wave processes on different scales of the coordinate and time, nonlinear evolutionary equations of the second, third, and fourth order may be used. Exact solutions of the equations constructed are obtained. The specific features of nonlinear wave processes in a liquid with gas bubbles are discussed.     

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.     

Internal waves in a two‐layer system using fully nonlinear internal‐wave equations

In order to understand the nonlinear effect in a two‐layer system, fully nonlinear strongly dispersive internal‐wave equations, based on a variational principle, were proposed in this study. A simple iteration method was used to solve the internal‐wave equations in order to solve the equations stably. The applicability of the proposed numerical computation scheme was confirmed to agree with linear dispersion relation theoretically obtained from variational principle. The proposed computational scheme was also shown to reproduce internal waves including higher‐order nonlinear effect from the analysis of internal solitary waves in a two‐layer system. Furthermore, for the second‐order numerical analysis, the balance of nonlinearity and dispersion was found to be similar to the balance assumed in the KdV theory and the Boussinesq‐type equations. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Modulation of an internal gravity wave packet in a stratified shear flow

Modulations of an internal gravity wave packet in a stratified shear flow are discussed in the weakly nonlinear and weakly dispersive context. It is shown that the modulations are described by a variable coefficient nonlinear Schrödinger equation when the modulations are confined to the direction of wave propagation. Transverse modulations couple the nonlinear Schrödinger equation to the mean flow equations. For long waves, it is shown that the modulation equations may be somewhat simplified. An Appendix describes the equations governing long wave resonance.     

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.     

Multiple scales analysis of wave�Cwave interactions in?a?cubically nonlinear monoatomic chain

The interaction of waves in nonlinear media is of practical interest in the design of acoustic devices such as waveguides and filters. This investigation of the monoatomic mass?Cspring chain with a cubic nonlinearity demonstrates that the interaction of two waves results in different amplitude and frequency dependent dispersion branches for each wave, as opposed to a single amplitude-dependent branch when only a single wave is present. A theoretical development utilizing multiple time scales results in a set of evolution equations which are validated by numerical simulation. For the specific case where the wavenumber and frequency ratios are both close to 1:3 as in the long wavelength limit, the evolution equations suggest that small amplitude and frequency modulations may be present. Predictable dispersion behavior for weakly nonlinear materials provides additional latitude in tunable metamaterial design. The general results developed herein may be extended to three or more wave?Cwave interaction problems.     

Three-dimensional divergent waves on a model viscoelastic coating in a potential incompressible fluid flow

Generation of three-dimensional nonlinear waves on a model viscoelastic coating in a potential flow of an incompressible fluid is studied. Periodic nonlinear waves enhanced by the development of quasi-static instability (wave divergence) are considered. The coating is modeled by a flexible flat plate supported by a distributed nonlinearly-elastic spring foundation. Plate flexure is described on the basis of the Karman equations of the theory of thin plates. Perturbations of surface pressure in the potential flow are found in the small slope approximation to an accuracy to terms of the second order of smallness. Numerical simulation reveals a jump-like transition from two-dimensional nonlinear waves to three-dimensional wave structures, which are also observed in experiments.     

Stability of periodic waves of finite amplitude on the surface of a deep fluid

We study the stability of steady nonlinear waves on the surface of an infinitely deep fluid [1, 2]. In section 1, the equations of hydrodynamics for an ideal fluid with a free surface are transformed to canonical variables: the shape of the surface (r, t) and the hydrodynamic potential (r, t) at the surface are expressed in terms of these variables. By introducing canonical variables, we can consider the problem of the stability of surface waves as part of the more general problem of nonlinear waves in media with dispersion [3,4]. The resuits of the rest of the paper are also easily applicable to the general case.In section 2, using a method similar to van der Pohl's method, we obtain simplified equations describing nonlinear waves in the small amplitude approximation. These equations are particularly simple if we assume that the wave packet is narrow. The equations have an exact solution which approximates a periodic wave of finite amplitude.In section 3 we investigate the instability of periodic waves of finite amplitude. Instabilities of two types are found. The first type of instability is destructive instability, similar to the destructive instability of waves in a plasma [5, 6], In this type of instability, a pair of waves is simultaneously excited, the sum of the frequencies of which is a multiple of the frequency of the original wave. The most rapid destructive instability occurs for capillary waves and the slowest for gravitational waves. The second type of instability is the negative-pressure type, which arises because of the dependence of the nonlinear wave velocity on the amplitude; this results in an unbounded increase in the percentage modulation of the wave. This type of instability occurs for nonlinear waves through any media in which the sign of the second derivative in the dispersion law with respect to the wave number (d²/dk²) is different from the sign of the frequency shift due to the nonlinearity.As announced by A. N. Litvak and V. I. Talanov [7], this type of instability was independently observed for nonlinear electromagnetic waves.The author wishes to thank L. V. Ovsyannikov and R. Z. Sagdeev for fruitful discussions.     

The influence of topography on the nonlinear interaction of Rossby waves in the barotropic atmosphere

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The effects of horizontal singular straight line in a generalized nonlinear Klein–Gordon model equation

In this paper, we investigate bounded traveling waves of the generalized nonlinear Klein–Gordon model equations by using bifurcation theory of planar dynamical systems to study the effects of horizontal singular straight lines in nonlinear wave equations. Besides the well-known smooth traveling wave solutions and the non-smooth ones, four kinds of new bounded singular traveling wave solution are found for the first time. These singular traveling wave solutions are characterized by discontinuous second-order derivatives at some points, even though their first-order derivatives are continuous. Obviously, they are different from the singular traveling wave solutions such as compactons, cuspons, peakons. Their implicit expressions are also studied in this paper. These new interesting singular solutions, which are firstly founded, enrich the results on the traveling wave solutions of nonlinear equations. It is worth mentioning that the nonlinear equations with horizontal singular straight lines may have abundant and interesting new kinds of traveling wave solution.     

Rayleigh wave in a quadratic nonlinear elastic half-space (Murnaghan model)

The nonlinear equations that underlie the analysis of classical Rayleigh waves are derived for the two-dimensional case of nonlinear elastic deformation described by the Murnaghan model. In addition to the case of presence of both geometrical and physical nonlinearities, two special cases are considered where one only type of nonlinearity is taken into account. It is shown that unlike the one-dimensional problems for plane waves where only three types of nonlinear interaction should be allowed for, the two-dimensional problems should include 24 types of nonlinear interaction. In the case of geometrical nonlinearity alone, a preliminary analysis of the nonlinear equations is carried out. Second-order equations are derived. The second approximation includes the second harmonics of the wave itself and its attenuating amplitude and is nonlinearly dependent on the initial amplitude of the Rayleigh wave and linearly increasing with the distance traveled by the wave     

Reflection and transmission of elastic waves at an interface with consideration of couple stress and thermal wave effects

The reflection and transmission of the thermo-elastic coupled waves at an interface of two different couple stress elastic solids are studied in this paper. Based on the Green-Lindsay theory, the governing equations and the constitutive equations are derived. Different from the classic elastic solid, the interface conditions include the surface couple, the rotation angle, the heat flux and the temperature change. The interface conditions are used to obtain the linear algebraic equations set from which the amplitude ratios of reflection and transmission waves to the incident wave can be determined. Then, the normal energy flux conservation is used to validate the numerical results. At last, the influences of two characteristic relaxation times and the five kinds of thermally and micromechanically interface conditions are discussed based on the numerical results. It is found that the thermal wave effects affect only the longitudinal wave while the couple stress effects affect only the transverse waves. The thermo-elastic coupling makes the longitudinal wave and the thermal wave not only dispersive but also attenuated.     

海沟内海底地震激发的表面波动

通过底面运动学边界条件引入底面运动影响,采用高阶Boussinesq方程计算了光滑海底变形引起的表面波动形态.对于线性问题,与线性势流波浪理论进行了比较,二者结果符合良好.运用高阶Boussinesq波浪模型,针对冲绳海沟的实际地形,模拟海沟内不同震级的海底地震激发的海啸,分析了不同强度地震引起的表面波扰动形态及其非线性和色散效应.     

On the stability of weakly-nonlinear gravity-capillary waves

A coupled set of equations, initially derived by Benney, is used to study the linear stability of weakly-nonlinear gravity- capillary waves to resonant triad and quartet interactions in two dimensions. The eigenvalue system is discussed for each class of resonances and certain subtleties regarding Hasselman's criterion and long wave-short wave resonances are resolved. The eigenvalue system is solved numerically and it is shown that the triad and quartet instabilities that are separated in wavenumber space for infinitesimal waves may merge for weakly nonlinear waves. Results are compared with approximations due to Benney and predictions of Zhang and Melville.     

The nonlinear theory of electromagnetic wave attenuation in plasmas

The absorption of a circularly polarized electromagnetic wave which propagates in a plasma along a magnetic field is analyzed. The exact equations of particle motion in the resonance region are solved with aid of elliptic functions. It is shown that the nonlinear damping constant has an oscillatory form. For t→0, it coincides with the constant obtained on the basis of linear theory, while for t→∞, in the absence of collisions, it tends to zero. The influence of collisions on wave absorption is studied. It is shown that with allowance for collistions, the damping constant depends on the amplitude of both the H₁ and H₁ ^−3/2 waves. The analysis of slowly decaying waves may be based on a model proposed by Dawson [1] and later modified in [2,3]. According to this model, all plasma particles are grouped into resonant and nonresonant ones. The velocity distribution function of the nonresonant particles is assumed to be the same as in the case of undamped waves. The distribution function of resonant particles at the initial instant is assumed to be Maxwellian. The nonlinear equations of motion of the resonant particles are integrated exactly. The damping constant is defined as the ratio of the energy expended by the wave at the resonant particles to the total energy of the wave. In nonlinear formulation, resonant absorption appears to be nonstationary. After a time lapse on the order of several vibrational period of a particle captured by the wave, nonstationary absorption ceases, and stationary absorption, created by infrequent collisions, becomes essential. It is noteworthy that absorption of this type has been studied by V. E. Zakharov and V. I. Karpman [4] for the case of plasma waves. Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, Vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 11–17, 1968.     

Solitary Waves in Nonlinear Beam Equations: Stability,Fission and Fusion

We continue work by the second author and co-workers onsolitary wave solutions of nonlinear beam equations and their stabilityand interaction properties. The equations are partial differentialequations that are fourth-order in space and second-order in time.First, we highlight similarities between the intricate structure ofsolitary wave solutions for two different nonlinearities; apiecewise-linear term versus an exponential approximation to thisnonlinearity which was shown in earlier work to possess remarkablystable solitary waves. Second, we compare two different numericalmethods for solving the time dependent problem. One uses a fixed griddiscretization and the other a moving mesh method. We use these methodsto shed light on the nonlinear dynamics of the solitary waves. Earlywork has reported how even quite complex solitary waves appear stable,and that stable waves appear to interact like solitons. Here we show twofurther effects. The first effect is that large complex waves can, as aresult of roundoff error, spontaneously decompose into two simplerwaves, a process we call fission. The second is the fusion of twostable waves into another plus a small amount of radiation.     

基于Boussinesq方程的波浪模型

从欧拉方程出发,提供了另一种推导完全非线性Boussinesq方程的方法,并对方程的 线性色散关系和线性变浅率进行了改进. 改进后方程的线性色散关系达到了一阶Stokes波 色散关系的Pad\'{e}[4,4]近似,在相对水深达1.0的强色散波浪时仍保持较高的准确性,并且方程的非线性和线性 变浅率都得到了不同程度的改善. 方程的水平一维形式用预估-校正的有限差分格式求解, 建立了一个适合较强非线性波浪的Boussinesq波浪数值模型. 作为验证,模拟了波浪在潜 堤上的传播变形,计算结果和实验数据的比较发现两者符合良好.