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A theoretical model of Soliton on Finite Background of a family of exact solution of the nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation for extreme wave generation is discussed in this paper. Some characteristics and physical properties of this…
Modulational, Benjamin-Feir, instability is studied for the down-stream evolution of surface gravity waves. An explicit solution, the soliton on finite background, of the NLS equation in physical space is used to study various phenomena in…
This thesis deals with some theoretical aspects of deterministic freak wave generation in the wave basin of a hydrodynamic laboratory. We adopt the spatial nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation as a mathematical model to describe the deformation…
A number of qualitative comparisons of experimental results on unidirectional freak wave generation in a hydrodynamic laboratory are presented in this paper. A nonlinear dispersive type of wave equation, the nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger…
This thesis deals with mathematical and physical aspects of deterministic freak wave generation in a hydrodynamic laboratory. We adopt the nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation as a mathematical model for the evolution of the surface…
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The nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation is widely used as an approximate model for the evolution in time of the water wave envelope. In the context of simulating ocean waves, initial conditions are typically generated from a measured power…
The formation of extreme localizations in nonlinear dispersive media can be explained and described within the framework of nonlinear evolution equations, such as the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS). Within the class of exact NLS…
Generation of Faraday waves in superfluid Fermi-Bose mixtures in elongated traps is investigated. The generation of waves is achieved by periodically changing a parameter of the system in time. Two types of modulations of parameters are…
A wave propagating through a scattering medium typically yields a complex temporal field distribution. Over the years, a number of procedures have emerged to shape the temporal profile of the field in order to temporally focus its energy on…
Several mathematical and physical aspects of waves on finite background are reported in this article. The evolution of the complex wave packet envelope of these type of waves is governed by the focussing-type of the nonlinear…
Different from statistical considerations on stochastic wave fields, this paper aims to contribute to the understanding of (some of) the underlying physical phenomena that may give rise to the occurrence of extreme, rogue, waves. To that…
The aim of this work is the quantification and prediction of rare events characterized by extreme intensity in nonlinear waves with broad spectra. We consider a one-dimensional non- linear model with deep-water waves dispersion relation,…
The Nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation is used to model surface waves in wave tanks of hydrodynamic laboratories. Analysis of the linearized NLS equation shows that its harmonic solutions with a small amplitude modulation have a…
Linear and nonlinear energy optimizations in a tilted domain are used to unveil the main mechanisms allowing the creation of a turbulent band in a channel flow. Linear optimization predicts an optimal growth for streamwse and spanwise…
The NANOGrav, Parkes, European, and International Pulsar Timing Array (PTA) Collaborations have reported evidence for a common-spectrum process that can potentially correspond to a stochastic gravitational wave background (SGWB) in the…
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The modulational instability of waves in a medium under the action of an external monochromatic force and dissipation is considered. The model which describes the nonlinear stage of the modulation instability was constructed with using…
This paper presents a computational framework for modeling wave propagation in geometrically linear elastic materials characterized by algebraically nonlinear constitutive relations. We derive a specific form of the nonlinear wave equation…