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We focus here on the water waves problem for uneven bottoms in the long-wave regime, on an unbounded two or three-dimensional domain. In order to derive asymptotic models for this problem, we consider two different regimes of bottom…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2008-12-05 Florent Chazel

Recent laboratory experiments of Bolles et al. (2019) demonstrate that an abrupt change in bottom topography can trigger anomalous statistics in randomized surface waves. Motivated by these observations, Majda et al. (2019) developed a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-01-07 M. N. J. Moore , C. Tyler Bolles , Andrew J. Majda , Di Qi

In this letter, we derive the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation corresponding to the surface dynamics of a shallow depth ($h$) two-dimensional fluid with odd viscosity ($\nu_o$) subject to gravity ($g$) in the long wavelength weakly…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-09-15 Gustavo M. Monteiro , Sriram Ganeshan

The propagation of surface water waves interacting with a current and an uneven bottom is studied. Such a situation is typical for ocean waves where the winds generate currents in the top layer of the ocean. The role of the bottom…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-02-19 Alan C. Compelli , Rossen I. Ivanov , Calin I. Martin , Michail D. Todorov

An alternative way for the derivation of the new KdV-type equation is presented. The equation contains terms depending on the bottom topography (there are six new terms in all, three of which are caused by the unevenness of the bottom). It…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2014-08-19 Anna Karczewska , Piotr Rozmej , Eryk Infeld

The Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation is a non-linear wave equation that has played a fundamental role in diverse branches of mathematical and theoretical physics. In the present paper, we consider its significance to cosmology. It is found…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-30 James E. Lidsey

The aim of this paper is to study, via theoretical analysis and numerical simulations, the dynamics of Whitham and related equations. In particular we establish rigorous bounds between solutions of the Whitham and KdV equations and provide…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-28 C. Klein , F. Linares , D. Pilod , J. -C. Saut

We consider the extended Korteweg-de Vries (eKdV) equation as a model for long moderately nonlinear surface water waves. In the slow time formulation this equation generates fast propagating resonant radiation due to the non-convexity of…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2026-02-12 Benjamin Martin , Dmitri Tseluiko , Karima Khusnutdinova

We describe the physical hypotheses underlying the derivation of an approximate model of water waves. For unidirectional surface shallow water waves moving over an irrotational flow as well as over a non-zero vorticity flow, we derive the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-11-30 Delia Ionescu-Kruse

Generalized solitary waves with exponentially small non-decaying far field oscillations have been studied in a range of singularly-perturbed differential equations, including higher-order Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equations. Many of these…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2018-12-24 Nalini Joshi , Christopher J. Lustri

The Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation is known as a universal equation describing various long waves in dispersive systems. In this article, we prove that in a certain scaling regime, a large class of rough solutions to the Boussinesq…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-12 Younghun Hong , Changhun Yang

A new type of wave-mean flow interaction is identified and studied in which a small-amplitude, linear, dispersive modulated wave propagates through an evolving, nonlinear, large-scale fluid state such as an expansion (rarefaction) wave or a…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2019-08-06 T. Congy , G. A. El , M. A. Hoefer

We prove local-in-time a-priori estimates in $H^{-1}(\mathbb{R})$ for a family of generalized Korteweg--de Vries equations. This is the first estimate for any non-integrable perturbation of the KdV equation that matches the regularity of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-29 Mihaela Ifrim , Thierry Laurens

In this work, we investigate non-classical wavetrain formations, and particularly dispersive shock waves (DSWs), or undular bores, in systems exhibiting non-convex dispersion. Our prototypical model, which arises in shallow water wave…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2025-03-06 Saleh Baqer , Theodoros P. Horikis , Dimitrios J. Frantzeskakis

In recent years two nonlinear dispersive partial differential equations have attracted a lot of attention due to their integrable structure. We prove that both equations arise in the modeling of the propagation of shallow water waves over a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-11-13 Adrian Constantin , David Lannes

Under certain mode-matching conditions, small-amplitude waves can be trapped by coupling to solitons of nonlinear fields. We present a model for this phenomenon, consisting of a linear equation coupled to the Korteweg-de Vries equation. The…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2007-05-23 P. D. Miller , S. R. Clarke

In this paper we derive a higher-order KdV equation (HKdV) as a model to describe the unidirectional propagation of waves on an internal interface separating two fluid layers of varying densities. Our model incorporates underlying currents…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2025-06-13 David Henry , Rossen I. Ivanov , Zisis N. Sakellaris

This manuscript embarks on an in-depth exploration of the modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV) equation, with a particular emphasis on unraveling the intricate structure of its infinite symmetries and their physical interpretations. Central to…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2025-01-07 Xiazhi Hao , S. Y. Lou

Our aim is to study the effect of a continuous prescribed density variation on the propagation of ocean waves. More precisely, we derive KdV-type shallow water model equations for unidirectional flows along the Equator from the full…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-10-29 Anna Geyer , Ronald Quirchmayr

The nonlinear propagation of dust-acoustic (DA) waves in a magnetized dusty plasma with a pair of trapped ions is investigated. Starting from a set of hydrodynamic equations for massive dust fluids as well as kinetic Vlasov equations for…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-11-20 A. P. Misra