非中性流动稳定性的弱非线性分析方法

本文分析了非中性流动稳定性的弱非线性理论之困难所在,对适用于中性流动的经典方法进行修正,使之能自然地推广到非中性流动情形.特别,对中性流动,本文方法完全等价于经典渐近分析方法,这是别的一些非中性流动理论所不具备的优点之一.     

平面Poiseuille流中弱非线性理论和二次失稳理论的关系*

文献[1]提出了平面Poiseuille流的二次失稳理论,本文则用弱非线性理论研究了同一问题.所得结果和二次失稳理论的结果是一致的,说明在平面Poiseuille流中弱非线性理论和二次失稳理论有内在联系.     

流动稳定性弱非线性理论的重新考虑*

弱非性理论已被广泛用于流动稳定性理论及其它领域.然而其应用对某些问题虽是成功的,但对另一些问题,其结果却常不令人满意,特别是对转捩或自由剪切流中涡的演化这类问题,这时理论研究的目的不是寻找稳态解,而是预测演化过程.在本文中,我们将研究不成功的原因并建议一些改进的办法.     

Weakly Nonlinear Waves in Nonideal Fluids

We study the propagation of weakly nonlinear waves in nonideal fluids, which exhibit mixed nonlinearity. A method of multiple scales is used to obtain a transport equation from the Navier–Stokes equations, supplemented by the equation of state for a van der Waals fluid. Effects of van der Waals parameters on the wave evolution, governed by the transport equation, are investigated.     

Weakly Nonlinear Internal Waves in Shear

An evolution equation in a finite depth fluid for weakly nonlinear long internal waves is derived in a stratified and sheared medium. The equation reduces to the Korteweg-deVries equation when the depth is small compared to the wavelength, and to the Benjamin-Ono equation when the depth is large compared to the wavelength. Both the cases with and without critical levels are investigated. Numerical solutions to the evolution equation are presented to illustrate the effect of shear on the evolution of a waveform.     

具弱耗散项的非线性Hartree方程

该文讨论了一类在量子理论中有着较多应用的具耗散项的非线性Hartree方程。分别从耗散系数和初值两个方面讨论了解的整体存在性条件。一方面,利用Strichartz估计,得到仅依赖于耗散系数的整体存在性条件。另一方面,也得到了仅依赖于初值大小的整体存在性条件。而且,还得到了一个整体解存在的小初值准则。     

Two-Wave Interactions for Weakly Nonlinear Hyperbolic Waves

This paper is devoted to studying the weakly nonlinear interaction of two waves whose propagation is governed by n × n hyperbolic systems of conservation laws. Our method of approach involves introducing two nonlinear phase variables and carrying out a perturbation analysis. This extended version of our previous single-wave-mode theory [5] is then applied to the equations of gas dynamics to study interacting sound waves. Numerical results for the wave-wave interaction are presented graphically in a set of figures.     

Nonlinear Bound States on Weakly Homogeneous Spaces

We prove the existence of ground state solutions for a class of nonlinear elliptic equations, arising in the production of standing wave solutions to an associated family of nonlinear Schrödinger equations. We examine two constrained minimization problems, which give rise to such solutions. One yields what we call F _λ-minimizers, the other energy minimizers. We produce such ground state solutions on a class of Riemannian manifolds called weakly homogeneous spaces, and establish smoothness, positivity, and decay properties. We also identify classes of Riemannian manifolds with no such minimizers, and classes for which essential uniqueness of positive solutions to the associated elliptic PDE fails.     

Analytic Propagation for Nonlinear Weakly Hyperbolic Systems

The propagation of analyticity for sufficiently smooth solutions to either strictly hyperbolic, or smoothly symmetrizable nonlinear systems, dates back to Lax [14 Lax , P.D. ( 1953 ). Nonlinear hyperbolic equations . Comm. Pure Appl. Math. 6 : 231 – 258 . [Google Scholar]] and Alinhac and Métivier [2 Alinhac , S. , Métivier G. ( 1984 ). Propagation de l'analyticité des solutions de systèmes hyperboliques nonlinéaires [Propagation of analyticity for solutions of nonlinear hyperbolic systems]. Invent. Math. 75, 189–204 . [Google Scholar]]. Here we consider the general case of a system with real, possibly multiple, characteristics, and we ask which regularity should be a priori required of a given solution in order that it enjoys the propagation of analyticity. By using the technique of the quasi-symmetrizer of a hyperbolic matrix, we prove, in the one-dimensional case, the propagation of analyticity for those solutions which are Gevrey functions of order s for some s < m/(m ? 1), m being the maximum multiplicity of the characteristics.     

Coherent Structures in Weakly Birefringent Nonlinear Optical Fibers

This article studies two coupled nonlinear Schrodinger equations that govern the pulse propagation in weakly birefringent nonlinear optical fibers. The coherent structures for these equations, such as vector solitons and localized oscillating solutions, are studied analytically and numerically. Three types of localized oscillating structures are identified and their functional forms determined by perturbation methods. In some of these structures, infinite oscillating tails are present. The implications of these tails are also discussed.     

A Pseudo-Parabolic Type Equation with Weakly Nonlinear Sources

In this paper, we prove the existence of nonnegative solutions to the initial boundary value problems for the pseudo-parabolic type equation with weakly nonlin- ear sources. Further, we discuss the asymptotic behavior of the solutions as the viscous coefficient k tends to zero.     

Metastable Energy Strata in Weakly Nonlinear Wave Equations

We consider the problem of the long-time stability of plane waves under nonlinear perturbations of linear Klein-Gordon equations. This problem reduces to studying the distribution of the mode energies along solutions of one-dimensional semilinear Klein–Gordon equations with periodic boundary conditions when the initial data are small and concentrated in one Fourier mode. It is shown that for all except finitely many values of the mass parameter, the energy remains essentially localized in the initial Fourier mode over time scales that are much longer than predicted by standard perturbation theory. The mode energies decay geometrically with the mode number with a rate that is proportional to the total energy. The result is proved using modulated Fourier expansions in time.     

Weakly Nonlinear Dispersive Waves under Parametric Resonance Perturbation

We consider a solution of the nonlinear Klein–Gordon equation perturbed by a parametric driver. The frequency of parametric perturbation varies slowly and passes through a resonant value, which leads to a solution change. We obtain a new connection formula for the asymptotic solution before and after the resonance.     

Some Explicit Resonating Waves in Weakly Nonlinear Gas Dynamics

Equations governing leading order wave amplitudes of resonating almost periodic wave trains in weakly nonlinear acoustics have been obtained by Majda and Rosales [Stud. Appl. Math. 71:149–179 (1984)]. These equations consist of a pair of Burgers equations coupled through an integral term with a known kernel. Numerical experiments reported by Majda, Rosales, and Schonbek have suggested the existence of smooth solutions of this system whose components consist of traveling waves moving in opposite directions. For the simplest cosine kernel, explicit formulae are given here for such resonating wave solutions. There is a wave of maximum amplitude with a “peak.” For more general kernels, small amplitude resonating waves are constructed via bifurcation.     

Boundary-Value Problem for Weakly Nonlinear Hyperbolic Equations with Variable Coefficients

We establish conditions for the unique solvability of a boundary-value problem for a weakly nonlinear hyperbolic equation of order 2n, n > (3p + 1)/2, with coefficients dependent on the space coordinates and data given on the entire boundary of a cylindric domain . The investigation of this problem is connected with the problem of small denominators.