The realization of controllable three dimensional rogue waves in nonlinear inhomogeneous system

We obtain self-similar first-order and second-order rogue wave solutions for the (3+1)-dimensional inhomogeneous nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Based on these solutions, we investigate the control and manipulation of rogue waves in the dispersion decreasing fibers with Logarithmic profile and Gaussian profile. Our results indicate that the propagation behaviors of rogue waves, such as fast excitation, sustainment and restraint, can be manipulated by modulating the relation between the maximum value of the effective propagation distance Z_m and the parameter Z₀ relating to the excited types of rogue wave. The comparison of the propagation behavior of rogue wave in the dispersion decreasing waveguides with Logarithmic profile, Gaussian profile and hyperbolic profile is also given.     

Nonlinear Wave Packets in Flows with Critical Layers

This paper is a theoretical study of nonlinear wave propagation in homogeneous and stratified shear flows. For a wave packet, it is known that levels where the flow velocity is equal to the phase or group velocity are regions where nonlinear effects are especially significant. In this study certain aspects of the flow configuration are examined in the neighborhood of each of these regions.     

Novel rogue waves in an inhomogenous nonlinear medium with external potentials

Employing the similarity transformation connected with the standard constant coefficient nonlinear Schrödinger equation, we obtain the analytical rogue wave solutions to a generalized variable coefficient nonlinear Schrödinger equation with external potentials describing the pulse propagation in nonlinear media with transverse and longitudinal directions nonuniformly distributed. Based on the obtained solutions, abundant structures of rogue waves are constructed by selecting some special parameters. The main properties as well as the dynamic behaviors of these rogue waves are discussed by direct computer simulations.     

Rogue wave patterns associated with Okamoto polynomial hierarchies

We show that new types of rogue wave patterns exist in integrable systems, and these rogue patterns are described by root structures of Okamoto polynomial hierarchies. These rogue patterns arise when the τ functions of rogue wave solutions are determinants of Schur polynomials with index jumps of three, and an internal free parameter in these rogue waves gets large. We demonstrate these new rogue patterns in the Manakov system and the three-wave resonant interaction system. For each system, we derive asymptotic predictions of its rogue patterns under a large internal parameter through Okamoto polynomial hierarchies. Unlike the previously reported rogue patterns associated with the Yablonskii–Vorob'ev hierarchy, a new feature in the present rogue patterns is that the mapping from the root structure of Okamoto-hierarchy polynomials to the shape of the rogue pattern is linear only to the leading order, but becomes nonlinear to the next order. As a consequence, the current rogue patterns are often deformed, sometimes strongly deformed, from Okamoto-hierarchy root structures, unless the underlying internal parameter is very large. Our analytical predictions of rogue patterns are compared to true solutions, and excellent agreement is observed, even when rogue patterns are strongly deformed from Okamoto-hierarchy root structures.     

Generation mechanism of rogue waves for the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger equation

In this paper, we analyze the generation mechanism of rogue waves for the discrete nonlinear Schrödinger (DNLS) equation from the viewpoint of structural discontinuities. First of all, we derive the analytical breather solutions of the DNLS equation on a new nonvanishing background through the Darboux transformation (DT). Via the explicit expressions of group and phase velocities, we give the parameter conditions for existence of the velocity jumps, which are consistent with the derivation of rogue waves via the generalized DT. Furthermore, to verify such statement, we apply the Taylor expansion to the breather solutions and find that the first-order rogue wave can be obtained at the velocity-jumping point. Our analysis can help to enrich the understanding on the rogue waves for the discrete nonlinear systems.     

Weakly Nonlinear Evolution of a Wave Packet in a Zonal Mixing Layer

A nonlinear integrodifferential equation governing the amplitude evolution of a wavepacket near the critical value of the beta parameter is derived. The basic velocity profile is a hyperbolic tangent shear layer and although the neutral eigensolution is regular, all higher-order terms in the expansion of the stream function are singular at the critical point. The analysis is inviscid and in the critical layer both wave packet effects and nonlinearity are present, but the former are taken to be slightly larger. Unlike the Stuart–Watson theory, the critical layer analysis dictates the form of the amplitude equation, the outer expansion being relatively passive. A secondary instability analysis shows that the packet is unstable to sideband perturbations, but the instability is weak so its main consequence would be to produce some modulation of the packet without destroying its coherence.     

On weakly nonlinear waves in media exhibiting mixed nonlinearity

We obtain the transport equations governing small amplitude high frequency disturbances, that include both quadratic and cubic nonlinearities inherent in hyperbolic systems of conservation laws. The coefficients of the nonlinear terms in the transport equation are obtained in terms of the Glimm interaction coefficients. For symmetric and isotropic systems the mean curvature of the wave front, which appears as the coefficient of the linear term in the transport equation, is shown to be related to the derivative of the ray tube area along the bicharacteristics; the amplitude of the disturbance is shown to become unbounded in the neighborhood of the point where the ray tube collapses. We also obtain a formula, akin to the one obtained by R. Rosales (1991), for the energy dissipated across shocks.     

The Modulation of an Internal Gravity-Wave Packet,and the Resonance with the Mean Motion

An inviscid, incompressible, stably stratified fluid occupies a horizontal channel, along which an internal gravity-wave packet is propagating. The wave induced mean motions are calculated, and the equations describing the evolution of the wave amplitude derived. When the group velocity of the wave packet coincides with a long-wave speed there is a resonance, and the equations describing this resonance are derived.     

Doubly localized two-dimensional rogue waves generated by resonant collision in Maccari system

In this paper, the Maccari system is investigated, which is viewed as a two-dimensional extension of nonlinear Schrödinger equation. We derive doubly localized two-dimensional rogue waves on the dark solitons of the Maccari system with Kadomtsev–Petviashvili hierarchy reduction method. The two-dimensional rogue waves include line segment rogue waves and rogue-lump waves, which are localized in two-dimensional space and time. These rogue waves are generated by the resonant collision of rational solitary waves and dark solitons, the whole process of transforming elastic collision into resonant collision is analytically studied. Furthermore, we also discuss the local characteristics and asymptotic properties of these rogue waves. Simultaneously, the generating conditions of the line segment rogue wave and rogue-lump wave are also given, which provides the possibility to predict rogue wave. Finally, a new way to obtain the high-order rogue waves of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation are given by proper reduction from the semi-rational solutions of the Maccari system.     

The Propagation of Finite-Amplitude Waves in a Model Boundary Layer

Finite-amplitude wave propagation is considered in flows of boundary-layer type when the wavelength is long compared to the boundary layer thickness. In this limit, the evolution of the amplitude is governed by the Benjamin-Ono equation and we have computed the coefficients of its nonlinear and dispersive terms for the specific case of Tietjens's model. The propagation of wave packets is also considered, and it is found that for packets centered about an O(1) wavenumber questions again arise relative to long waves, except that now the packet-induced mean flow is the “long wave.” By introducing an appropriate scaling for the far field and employing multiple scales in the direction transverse to the flow, it is shown how the mean-flow distortion can be made to vanish at infinity.     

Propagation of Gaussian wave packets in thin periodic quantum waveguides with a nonlocal nonlinearity

We consider the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with an integral Hartree-type nonlinearity in a thin quantum waveguide and study the propagation of Gaussian wave packets localized in the spatial variables. In the case of periodically varying waveguide walls, we establish the relation between the behavior of wave packets and the spectral properties of the auxiliary periodic problem for the one-dimensional Schrödinger equation. We show that for a positive value of the nonlinearity parameter, the integral nonlinearity prevents the packet from spreading as it propagates. In addition, we find situations such that the packet is strongly focused periodically in time and space.     

Resonant Long–Short Wave Interactions in an Unbounded Rotating Stratified Fluid

A theoretical study is made of finite-amplitude modulated internal wavetrains and the attendant nonlinear interaction with the mean flow induced by the modulations, in an unbounded uniformly stratified Boussinesq fluid rotating around the vertical axis. When the rotation is relatively weak, in particular, 'flat' wavetrains, that feature stronger vertical than horizontal modulations, are resonantly coupled with the mean flow in a manner analogous to the resonant long–short wave interaction between gravity and capillary waves on the surface of deep water. A coupled set of evolution equations for the vertical wavenumber, the wave amplitude, and the mean flow is derived under resonant conditions, and is used to examine the propagation of locally confined wavetrains with initially uniform wavenumber and no pre-existing mean flow. The resonant interaction causes radiation of energy away from a flat wavetrain by means of the induced mean flow which forms a trailing wake; this furnishes a possible mechanism for generating low-frequency inertial–gravity waves in the atmosphere, as suggested by field observations. Moreover, owing to refraction by the mean flow, a finite-amplitude wavetrain may experience rapid wavenumber variations in certain locations, consistent with prior numerical simulations. Eventually, in these regions, the wavenumber tends to become multi-valued, suggesting the formation of caustics.     

Analytic rogue wave solutions for a generalized fourth‐order Boussinesq equation in fluid mechanics

A bilinear transformation method is proposed to find the rogue wave solutions for a generalized fourth‐order Boussinesq equation, which describes the wave motion in fluid mechanics. The one‐ and two‐order rogue wave solutions are explicitly constructed via choosing polynomial functions in the bilinear form of the equation. The existence conditions for these solutions are also derived. Furthermore, the system parameter controls on the rogue waves are discussed. The three parameters involved in the equation can strongly impact the wave shapes, amplitudes, and distances between the wave peaks. The results can be used to deeply understand the nonlinear dynamical behaviors of the rogue waves in fluid mechanics.     

A Perturbation Analysis of an Interaction between Long and Short Surface Waves

The interaction of finite-amplitude long gravity waves with a small-amplitude packet of short capillary waves is studied by a multiple-scale method based on the invariance of the perturbation expansion under certain translations. The result of the analysis is a set of equations coupling the complex amplitude of the packet of short waves with the long-wave velocity potential and surface elevation. The short wave is described by a Ginzburg-Landau equation with coefficients that depend on properties of the long wave. The long-wave potential and surface elevation satisfy the usual free-surface conditions augmented by forcing terms representing effects of the short waves. The derivation removes some of the restrictions imposed in earlier studies.     

Stable-Range Approach to Short Wave and Khokhlov-Zabolotskaya Equations

Short wave equations were introduced in connection with the nonlinear reflection of weak shock waves. They also relate to the modulation of a gas-fluid mixture. Khokhlov-Zabolotskaya equation is used to describe the propagation of a diffraction sound beam in a nonlinear medium. We give a new algebraic method of solving these equations by using certain finite-dimensional stable range of the nonlinear terms and obtain large families of new explicit exact solutions parameterized by several functions for them. These parameter functions enable one to find the solutions of some related practical models and boundary value problems. Research supported by China NSF 10871193.     

Effect of wall compliance on compressible fluid transport induced by a surface acoustic wave in a microchannel

Effects of complaint wall properties on the flow of a Newtonian viscous compressible fluid has been studied when the wave propagating (surface acoustic wave, SAW) along the walls in a confined parallel‐plane microchannel is conducted by considering the slip velocity. A perturbation technique has been employed to analyze the problem where the amplitude ratio (wave amplitude/half width of channel) is chosen as a parameter. In the second order approximation, the net axial velocity is calculated for various values of the fluid parameters and wall parameters. The phenomenon of the “mean flow reversal” is found to exist both at the center and at the boundaries of the channel. The effect of damping force, wall tension, and compressibility parameter on the mean axial velocity and reversal flow has been investigated, also the critical values of the tension are calculated for the pertinent flow parameters. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 27: 621–636, 2011 Keywords:     

Bound-state soliton and rogue wave solutions for the sixth-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation via inverse scattering transform method

In this work, inverse scattering transform for the sixth-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation with both zero and nonzero boundary conditions at infinity is given, respectively. For the case of zero boundary conditions, in terms of the Laurent's series and generalization of the residue theorem, the bound-state soliton is derived. For nonzero boundary conditions, using the robust inverse scattering transform, we present a matrix Riemann–Hilbert problem of the sixth-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Then, based on the obtained Riemann–Hilbert problem, the rogue wave solutions are derived through a modified Darboux transformation. Besides, according to some appropriate parameters choices, several graphical analysis are provided to discuss the dynamical behaviors of the rogue wave solutions and analyze how the higher-order terms affect the rogue wave.     

Dynamics of Vortex Rossby Waves in Tropical Cyclones,Part 2: Nonlinear Time‐Dependent Asymptotic Analysis on a β‐Plane

Vortex Rossby waves in cyclones in the tropical atmosphere are believed to play a role in the observed eyewall replacement cycle, a phenomenon in which concentric rings of intense rainbands develop outside the wall of the cyclone eye, strengthen and then contract inward to replace the original eyewall. In this paper, we present a two‐dimensional configuration that represents the propagation of forced Rossby waves in a cyclonic vortex and use it to explore mechanisms by which critical layer interactions could contribute to the evolution of the secondary eyewall location. The equations studied include the nonlinear terms that describe wave‐mean‐flow interactions, as well as the terms arising from the latitudinal gradient of the Coriolis parameter. Asymptotic methods based on perturbation theory and weakly nonlinear analysis are used to obtain the solution as an expansion in powers of two small parameters that represent nonlinearity and the Coriolis effects. The asymptotic solutions obtained give us insight into the temporal evolution of the forced waves and their effects on the mean vortex. In particular, there is an inward displacement of the location of the critical radius with time which can be interpreted as part of the secondary eyewall cycle.     

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.