孤立波与孤立子

简要阐述了孤立波与孤立子发现和研究的历史,并由此可看出力学基础研究的深刻意义.     

Solitary wave propagation in a two-dimensional lattice

We construct a family of exact planar solitary wave solutions in a two-dimensional lattice. The system under consideration is a scalar two-dimensional extension of a nonintegrable Fermi–Pasta–Ulam problem with a piecewise quadratic potential. The constructed solutions exhibit an anisotropic dependence on the angle of propagation. Through a detailed analysis of explicit solutions, we show that conventional quasicontinuum models fail to fully describe this dependence. However, a truncated series approximation of the constructed solution that includes sufficiently short wavelengths captures this effect quite well.     

Solitary wave decay in non-linear faraday resonance

This investigation studies possible mechanisms by which localised disturbances in a vertically oscillating long channel undergo transition to instability. Modulated cross-waves with a carrier frequency close to natural are considered. The channel is subjected to oscillations with the frequency shifted slightly below twice the natural value. The waves are considered to be described by the Miles equation (Miles, 1984). We report here numerical investigations of the instability of various solitary wave disturbances for a range of controlling parameters. Certain mechanisms describing such transitions have been predicted theoretically by Il'ichev (1998).     

Solitary wave trains in a cold plasma

The existence of traveling solitary waves, the products of modulation instability in a cold quasi-neutral plasma, is considered. Solitary waves of this type (solitary wave trains) are formed as a result of bifurcation from a nonzero wave number of the linear wave spectrum. It is shown that the complete system of equations describing the wave process in a cold plasma has solutions of the solitary wave train type, at least when the undisturbed magnetic field is perpendicular to the wave front. Sufficient conditions of existence of solitary wave trains in weakly dispersive media are also formulated.Moscow. Translated from Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 5, pp. 154–161, September–October, 1996.     

Solitary wave interactions and reshaping in coupled systems

The interaction of the components of composite solitary waves governed by nonlinear coupled equations is studied numerically. It is shown how predictions of the known exact traveling wave solutions may help in understanding and explaining the process of reshaping seen as head-on and take-over collisions of individual solitary waves. The most interesting results concern the switch in the sign or the periodic modulation of the amplitude of the solitary wave and the direction of its propagation due to collisions.     

Solitary wave packets beneath a compressed ice cover

A family of plane solitary wave packets of a small (but finite) amplitude on the surface of an ideal incompressible fluid of finite depth beneath an ice cover is described. The solitary wave trains correspond to solutions of the two-dimensional system of Euler’s equations of an ideal incompressible fluid of the type of a traveling wave which decreases at infinity and has identical phase and group velocities. The ice cover is simulated by an elastic Kirchhoff-Love plate freely floating on the fluid surface in the compressed state.     

Solitary waves in stratified fluids and their interaction

A systematic procedure is proposed for obtaining solutions for solitary waves in stratified fluids. The stratification of the fluid is assumed to be exponential or linear. Its comparison with existing results for an exponentially stratified fluid shows agreement, and it is found that for the odd series of solutions the direction of displacement of the streamlines from their asymptotic levels is reversed when the stratification is changed from exponential to linear. Finally the interaction of solitary waves is considered, and the Korteweg-de Vries equation and the Boussinesq equation are derived. Thus the known solutions of these equations can be relied upon to provide the answers to the interaction problem.     

Solitary waves for a nonlinear dispersive long wave equation

All the possible traveling wave solutions of Whitham-Broer-Kaup （WBK） equation are investigated in the present paper. By employing phase plane analysis, transition boundaries are derived to divide the parameter space into several regions associated with different types of phase portraits corresponding to different forms of wave solutions. All the exact expressions of bounded wave solutions are obtained as well as their existence conditions. The mechanism of bifurcation between different waves with varying Hamiltonian value has been revealed. It is pointed out that as the periods of two coexisted periodic waves tend to infinity, they may evolve to two solitary waves. Furthermore, when their trajectories pass through the common saddle point, the two solitary waves may merge into a periodic wave, and its amplitude is nearly equal to the sum of the amplitudes of the two solitary wave solutions.     

Solitary wave and similarity solutions of the combined KdV equation

In this paper, we discuss a property of solitary wave solutions of the combined KdV equation. Meantime, we point out that the combined KdV equation can be reduced to the Painlevé equation. Furthermore, utilizing special transformations of similarity variables, we derive a kind of new partial differential equations.     

Solitary wave solution to Aw-Rascle viscous model of traffic flow

A traveling wave solution to the Aw-Rascle traffic flow model that includes the relaxation and diffusion terms is investigated. The model can be approximated by the well-known Kortweg-de Vries (KdV) equation. A numerical simulation is conducted by the first-order accurate Lax-Friedrichs scheme, which is known for its ability to capture the entropy solution to hyperbolic conservation laws. Periodic boundary conditions are applied to simulate a lengthy propagation, where the profile of the derived KdV solution is taken as the initial condition to observe the change of the profile. The simulation shows good agreement between the approximated KdV solution and the numerical solution.     

Solitary wave solutions to higher-order traffic flow model with large diffusion

This paper uses the Taylor expansion to seek an approximate Korteweg- de Vries equation （KdV） solution to a higher-order traffic flow model with sufficiently large diffusion. It demonstrates the validity of the approximate KdV solution considering all the related parameters to ensure the physical boundedness and the stability of the solution. Moreover, when the viscosity coefficient depends on the density and velocity of the flow, the wave speed of the KdV solution is naturally related to either the first or the second characteristic field. The finite element method is extended to solve the model and examine the stability and accuracy of the approximate KdV solution.     

Shock wave interaction with cellular materials

The equations governing the head-on collision of a planar shock wave with a cellular material and a numerical scheme for solving the set of the governing equations were outlined. In addition, the condition for the transmitted compression waves to transform into a shock wave, inside the cellular material was introduced. It was proved analytically that a cellular material cannot be used as a means of reducing the pressure load acting on the end-wall of the shock tube. In subsequent papers, the interaction of planar shock waves with specific cellular materials, e.g., foams and honeycombs will be described in detail.This article was processed using Springer-Verlag T_EX Shock Waves macro package 1.0 and the AMS fonts, developed by the American Mathematical Society.     

Shock wave interaction with porous plates

Previous detailed studies of the interaction of a shock wave with a perforated sheet considered the impact of a shock wave on a plate with regularly spaced slits giving area blockages of 60 and 67%, at various angles of incidence, and resulting in both regular and Mach reflection. The current work extends this study to a much wider variety of plate geometries. Blockage ratios of 20, 25, 33, 50, and 67 and inclinations of 45, 60, 75, and 90° to the shock wave were tested. Four different thicknesses of plate were tested at the same frontal blockage in order to assess the effects of gap guidance. Tests were conducted at two shock Mach numbers of 1.36 and 1.51 (inverse pressure ratios of 0.4 and 0.5). It is found that secondary reflected and transmitted waves appear due to the complex interactions within the grid gaps, and that the vortex pattern which is generated under the plate is also complex due to these interactions. The angle of the reflected shock, measured relative to the plate, decreases with plate blockage and the angle of inflow to the plate reduces with increasing blockage. By analysing the flow on the underside of the plate the pseudo-steady flow assumption is found to be a reasonable approximation. Both the pressure difference and the stagnation pressure loss across the plate are evaluated. It is found that over the range tested the plate thickness has a minimal effect.     

Solitary wave solution for KdV equation with power-law nonlinearity and time-dependent coefficients

Nonlinear Dynamics - This paper obtains an exact solitary wave solution of the Korteweg–de Vries equation with power law nonlinearity with time-dependent coefficients of the nonlinear as well...     

Self-intensification in shock wave and vortex interaction

Computer simulation has been performed for the interaction between a shock wave and a vortex ring moving toward the wave. The computed density contours are compared with the pattern of shadowgraphs. A remarkable property found in the simulation is that, during the passage of the shock wave over the vortex ring, the part of the wave propagating through the inside of the ring-vortex is intensified spontaneously at a localized region. Maximum pressure occurs inside the vortex and attains a high value, about several times that of the impinging shock for incident Mach numbers of around 1.2 with the vortex translation Mach number 0.60. This is due to a double-step mechanism of intensification within the flow field by the shock-vortex interaction.     

Elastic wave interaction with a cracked quarter-plane

Summary The elastodynamic interaction between explosively generated body and surface wave and an edge crack in a quarter-plane is investigated. Dynamic photoelasticity was employed to obtain full-field information for data analysis. Measurements of the stress distribution along the free boundaries of the quarter-plane and along the crack walls have been made. Stress intensity distributions at both, the corner and the flaw tip and surface stress distributions for the diffracted and reflected Rayleigh-waves were obtained in the region near the cracked corner.

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Sommario Si studia l’interazione elastodinamica tra onde di volume e di superficie ed una fessura su un bordo in un quarto di piano. Si è fatto uso della fotoelasticità dinamica per ottenere un’informazione completa sull’analisi dei dati. Si sono effettuate misure della distribuzione di sforzo lungo i contorni liberi del quarto di piano ed i contorni della fenditura. Si sono ottenute le distribuzioni d’intensità di sforzo sia nell’angolo che nell’estremità difettosa e le distribuzioni superficiali di sforzo per le onde di Rayleigh diffratte e riflesse nella regione dell’angolo crepato.

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Simple wave interaction of an elastic string

Summary The equations for the two-dimensional motion of a completely flexible elastic string can be derived from a Lagrangian. The equations of motion possess four characteristic velocities, to which the following four simple wave solutions correspond: leftward and rightward propagating longitudinal and transverse waves. The latter are exceptional (constant shape). By expanding the solution about a steady solution the interaction of simple waves may be studied. A typical result is the following: As a consequence of their interaction two transverse waves running into opposite directions emit a longitudinal wave and undergo themselves a translation over a finite distance but remain otherwise unchanged. The results are also valuable for a full comprehension of the interaction process of simple waves on inextensible strings.

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Zusammenfassung Die Gleichungen für die ebene Bewegung eines ideal flexiblen elastischen Seils lassen sich aus einer Lagrange-Funktion ableiten. Die Bewegungsgleichungen besitzen vier charakteristische Geschwindigkeiten. Ihnen entsprechen vier mögliche einfache Wellen: links- und rechtsläufige longitudinale und transversale Wellen. Die letzteren sind ausgeartet (von konstanter Form). Durch Entwicklung der Lösung um eine stationäre Lösung läßt sich die Wechselwirkung einfacher Wellen studieren. Ein typisches Ergebnis ist das folgende: Infolge ihrer Wechselwirkung emittieren zwei gegenläufige transversale Wellen eine longitudinale Welle und erleiden selbst eine Versetzung um eine endliche Strecke, bleiben aber sonst ungeändert. Die Ergebnisse sind auch wertvoll für ein tieferes Verständnis der Wechselwirkung einfacher Wellen auf undehnbaren Seilen.

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应用SBFEM研究波浪与薄板的相互作用问题

应用比例边界有限元法(SBFEM)求解了频域下波浪与刚性薄板防波堤相互作用问题。求解中将整个计算区域分为薄板周围的有限子域和直到无限远处的无限子域。有限子域的比例中心设置在薄板的下端,这时薄板的两侧为侧边面,而无限子域的比例中心设置在无限子域与有限子域的交界上,同时将水底和自由水面做为平行侧边面。应用加权余量法在每个子域内推导出比例边界有限元方程,然后在有限子域与无限子域交界上匹配求解。通过与解析解的对比,证明了这种方法的精确性,而后对不同类型的薄板防波堤进行了计算,并给出了反射和透射系数的变化规律。