Group and phase velocities in the free-surface visco-potential flow: New kind of boundary layer induced instability

Water wave propagation can be attenuated by various physical mechanisms. One of the main sources of wave energy dissipation lies in boundary layers. The present work is entirely devoted to thorough analysis of the dispersion relation of the novel visco-potential formulation. Namely, in this study we relax all assumptions of the weak dependence of the wave frequency on time. As a result, we have to deal with complex integro-differential equations that describe transient behaviour of the phase and group velocities. Using numerical computations, we show several snapshots of these important quantities at different times as functions of the wave number. Good qualitative agreement with previous study [D. Dutykh, Eur. J. Mech. B/Fluids 28 (2009) 430] is obtained. Thus, we validate in some sense approximations made anteriorly. There is an unexpected conclusion of this study. According to our computations, the bottom boundary layer creates disintegrating modes in the group velocity. In the same time, the imaginary part of the phase velocity remains negative for all times. This result can be interpreted as a new kind of instability which is induced by the bottom boundary layer effect.     

Diffusion in fluids with large mean free paths: Non-classical behavior between Knudsen and Fickian limits

Diffusion in fluids is analyzed at non-classical conditions, intermediate between the Knudsen and Fickian limits. The fluid is considered in the framework of the Einstein’s diffusion evolution equation involving expansions of the density distribution in powers of displacement and time. The standard truncation of these expansions results in the classical model of diffusion; however, higher-order terms lead to a departure from classical behavior. This has not been studied or discussed adequately in the literature previously.Here, we present an exact solution of the Einstein’s diffusion evolution equation without truncation of the density expansions. This solution illustrates limitations in the classical truncations and demonstrates non-classical effects due to large mean free paths, λ. In particular, this new solution shows that, at large λ, there are significant quantitative deviations from classical diffusion profiles. In addition, this solution demonstrates a dramatic change in the diffusion mechanism from the state where the molecular motions are predominantly ballistic to one of molecular chaos. This has implications for fundamentals of fluids between the Knudsen and Fickian limits, and for a variety of fields where evolution of a system includes random, multi-scale displacement of particles, such as nanotechnology, vacuum techniques, turbulence, and astrophysics.     

基于PPM的界面压缩方法研究

高精度多组分分段抛物线法（Piecewise Parabolic Method,PPM）在对可压缩多相流问题进行模拟计算时,在不同组分交界面上存在界面扩散。为此,通过引入包含界面压缩和密度修正的人工界面压缩方法,抑制界面扩散现象。采用一个界面函数表示运动的物质界面,在多组分质量守恒方程和输运方程中添加考虑人工压缩和人工黏性的压缩源项,并在伪时间内采用二阶中心差分法和两步Runge-Kutta方法进行离散求解,采用Strang型分裂格式实现了整体算法的时间二阶精度。一维与二维数值模拟试验表明,结合人工界面压缩之后的PPM能有效抑制界面上数值扩散问题,在长时间的数值模拟中,人工界面压缩能够将扩散界面厚度维持在一定网格之内且保持界面形状不改变,尤其对于涉及稀疏波的问题,如激波引起的水中气泡坍塌,界面压缩效果更为显著。

     

Existence and asymptotic properties of solutions for a nonlinear Schrödinger elliptic equation from geophysical fluid flows

In this paper, we study the existence and asymptotic behavior of radial solutions for a class of nonlinear Schrödinger elliptic equations on infinite domains describing the gyre of geophysical fluid flows. The existence theorem and asymptotic properties of radial positive solutions are established by using a new renormalization technique.