Initial-value problem for coupled Boussinesq equations and a hierarchy of Ostrovsky equations

Details Initial-value problem for coupled Boussinesq equations and a hierarchy of Ostrovsky equations Initial-value problem for coupled Boussinesq equations and a hierarchy of Ostrovsky equations

2011-04-18

arxiv.org/abs/1104.3432v4

Wave Motion (2011) doi: 10.1016/j.wamemoti.2011.04.003

Nonlinear Sciences

Pattern Formation and Solitons

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.wavemoti.2011.04.003

We consider the initial-value problem for a system of coupled Boussinesq equations on the infinite line for localised or sufficiently rapidly decaying initial data, generating sufficiently rapidly decaying right- and left-propagating waves. We study the dynamics of weakly nonlinear waves, and using asymptotic multiple-scales expansions and averaging with respect to the fast time, we obtain a hierarchy of asymptotically exact coupled and uncoupled Ostrovsky equations for unidirectional waves. We then construct a weakly nonlinear solution of the initial-value problem in terms of solutions of the derived Ostrovsky equations within the accuracy of the governing equations, and show that there are no secular terms. When coupling parameters are equal to zero, our results yield a weakly nonlinear solution of the initial-value problem for the Boussinesq equation in terms of solutions of the initial-value problems for two Korteweg-de Vries equations, integrable by the Inverse Scattering Transform. We also perform relevant numerical simulations of the original unapproximated system of Boussinesq equations to illustrate the difference in the behaviour of its solutions for different asymptotic regimes.

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