Stroboscopic averaging of highly oscillatory nonlinear wave equations

In this paper, we are concerned with stroboscopic averaging for highly oscillatory evolution equations posed in a Banach space. Using Taylor expansion, we construct a non‐oscillatory high‐order system whose solution remains exponentially close to the exact one over a long time. We then apply this result to the nonlinear wave equation in one dimension. We present the stroboscopic averaging method, which is a numerical method introduced by Chartier, Murua and Sanz‐Serna, and apply it to our problem. Finally, we conclude by presenting the qualitative and quantitative efficiency of this numerical method for some nonlinear wave problem. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

非线性自治振动系统同宿解的广义双曲函数摄动法

提出广义的双曲函数摄动法,用于求解强非线性自治振子的同宿解,克服一般摄动步骤中派生方程须存在显式精确同宿解的限制．以广义双曲函数作为摄动步骤的基本函数,拓展了基于双曲函数的摄动法的适用范围．对同时含2,3次和含4次强非线性项的系统进行求解分析,验证了方法的有效性和精度．     

On an approach to the analysis of oscillatory solutions of nonlinear delay difference equations

The objective of this article is to establish an oscillation criterion for all solutions of nonlinear difference equation where $r(\eta )$ is a sequence of nonnegative real numbers and $\phi (\eta )$ is not necessarily monotone sequence. Also, an example is presented to illustrate the significance of the main result.     

Remark on peakon solution to the nonlinear surface wind waves equation

We prove that the existence of peakon as weak traveling wave solution and as global weak solution for the nonlinear surface wind waves equation, so as to correct the assertion that there exists no peakon solution for such an equation in the literature. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Transition waves and nonlinear interactions in the near wake of a circular cylinder

Transition waves and interactions between two kinds of instability—vortex shedding and transition wave in the near wake of a circular cylinder in the Reynolds number range 3 000–10 000 are studied by a domain decomposition hybrid numerical method. Based on high resolution power spectral analyses for velocity new results on the Reynolds-number dependence of the transition wave frequency, i.e.f _t /f_s∼Re^0.87 are obtained. The new predictions are in good agreement with the experimental results of Wei and Smith but different from Braza s prediction and some early experimental resultsf _t/f_s∼Re ^0.5 given by Blooret al. The multi-interactions between two kinds of vortex are clearly visualized numerically. The strong nonlinear interactions between the two independent frequencies (f _t,f _s ) leading to spectra broadening to form the couplingmf _s +nf _t are predicted and analyzed numerically, and the characteristics of the transition are described. Longitudinal variations of the transition wave and its coupling are reported. Detailed mechanism of the flow transition in the near wake before occurrence of the thedimensional evolution is provided. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the LNM of Institute of Mechanics, and partially by the National Basic Research Project.     

非等谱广义耦合非线性Schrodinger方程的局部化孤立波

利用Hirota双线性方法求解了一个非等谱广义耦合非线性Schrodinger方程,得到它的Ⅳ一孤子解．其中单孤子可以描述一个任意大振幅且具有时间和空间双重局部性的孤立波,这种特征与所谓的“怪波”相一致．此外,借助于图像描述了二孤子的相互作用．     

On the Cauchy problem for a doubly nonlinear degenerate parabolic equation with strongly nonlinear sources

In this article, we consider the existence of local and global solution to the Cauchy problem of a doubly nonlinear equation. By introducing the norms |||_f||| _h and 〈f〉_h, we give the sufficient and necessary conditions on the initial value to the existence of local solution of doubly nonlinear equation. Moreover some results on the global existence and nonexistence of solutions are considered. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10531020)     

Bifurcations and exact solutions for a nonlinear surface wind waves equation

By using the method of dynamical systems, for the nonlinear surface wind waves equation, which is given by Manna, we study its dynamical behavior to determine all exact explicit traveling wave solutions. To guarantee the existence of the aforementioned solutions, all parameter conditions are determined. Our procedure shows that the nonlinear surface wind waves equation has no peakon solution. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Numerical optimization of tuned mass absorbers attached to strongly nonlinear Duffing oscillator

We investigate the dynamics of the vertically forced Duffing oscillator with suspended tuned mass absorber. Three different types of tuned mass absorbers are taken into consideration, i.e., classical single pendulum, dual pendulum and pendulum-spring. We numerically adjust parameters of absorbers to obtain the best damping properties with the lowest mass of attached system. The modification of classical case (single pendulum) gives the decrease of Duffing system amplitude. We present strategy of parameters tuning which can be easily applied in a large class of systems.     

Stability of the standing waves for a class of coupled nonlinear Klein-Gordon equations

This paper deals with the standing waves for a class of coupled nonlinear Klein-Gordon equations with space dimension N ≥ 3, 0 〈 p, q 〈 2/N-2 and p ＋ q 〈 4/N. By using the variational calculus and scaling argument, we establish the existence of standing waves with ground state, discuss the behavior of standing waves as a function of the frequency ω and give the sufficient conditions of the stability of the standing waves with the least energy for the equations under study.     

On nonlinear perturbations of the Schrödinger equation with discontinuous coefficients

The results of [2] by W. J&;#228;ger and Y. Saito on the Schrödinger equation with discontinuous coefficients are extended to nonlinear perturbations of the equation.     

On two classes of autonomous third-order nonlinear ordinary differential equations

Two autonomous, nonlinear, third-order ordinary differential equations whose dynamics can be represented by second-order nonlinear ordinary differential equations for the first-order derivative of the solution are studied analytically and numerically. The analytical study includes both the obtention of closed-form solutions and the use of an artificial parameter method that provides approximations to both the solution and the frequency of oscillations. It is shown that both the analytical solution and the accuracy of the artificial parameter method depend greatly on the sign of the nonlinearities and the initial value of the first-order derivative.     

Robustness of minimax controllers to nonlinear perturbations

We study the robustness of minimax controllers, originally designed for nominal linear or nonlinear systems, to unknown static nonlinear perturbations in the state dynamics, measurement equation, and performance index. When the nominal system is linear, we consider both perfect state measurements and general imperfect state measurements; in the case of nominally nonlinear systems, we consider perfect state measurements only. Using a differential game theoretic approach, we show for the former class that, as the perturbation parameter (say, >0) approaches zero, the optimal disturbance attenuation level for the overall system converges to the optimal disturbance attenuation level for the nominal system if the nonlinear structural uncertainties satisfy certain prescribed growth conditions. We also show that anH -controller, designed based on a chosen performance level for the nominal linear system, achieves the same performance level when the parameter is smaller than a computable threshold, except for the finite-horizon imperfect state measurements case. For that case, we show that the design of the nominal controller must be based on a decreased confidence level of the initial data, and a controller thus designed again achieves a desired performance level in the face of nonlinear perturbations satisfying a computable norm bound. In the case of nominally nonlinear systems, and assuming that the nominal system is solvable, we obtain sufficient conditions such that the nominal controller achieves a desired performance in the face of perturbations satisfying computable norm bounds. In this way, we provide a characterization of the class of uncertainties that are tolerable for a controller designed based on the nominal system. The paper also presents two numerical examples; in one of these, the nominal system is linear; in the other one, it is nonlinear.This research was supported in part by the US Department of Energy, Grant DE-FG-02-88-ER-13939 and in part by the National Science Foundation, Grant ECS-91-13153.An abridged version was presented at the 32nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Antonio, Texas, December 15–17, 1993, and it appeared in the Conference Proceedings.     

On the existence of oscillatory solutions to nonlinear differential equations

Summary A general change of variable technique is combined with appropriate energy functions to show the existence of oscillatory solutions to nonlinear ordinary second order differential equations. Entrata in Redazione il 21 marzo 1974. Research supported by National Research Council of Canada grants NRC-A-7673 and NRC-A-7197 and Defence Research Board of Canada grand DRB-9540-28.     

Global residue harmonic balance method to periodic solutions of a class of strongly nonlinear oscillators

A new approach, namely the global residue harmonic balance method, was advanced to determine the accurate analytical approximate periodic solution of a class of strongly nonlinear oscillators. A class of nonlinear jerk equation containing velocity-cubed and velocity times displacements-squared was taken as a typical example. Unlike other harmonic balance methods, all the former residual errors are introduced in the present approximation to improve the accuracy. Comparison of the result obtained using this approach with the exact one and simplicity and efficiency of the proposed procedure. The method can be easily extended to other strongly nonlinear oscillators.