Related papers: On Boussinesq's equation for water waves
We consider the Boussinesq equation on the line for a broad class of Schwartz initial data for which (i) no solitons are present, (ii) the spectral functions have generic behavior near $\pm 1$, and (iii) the solution exists globally. In a…
In a recent paper, we showed that the large $(x,t)$ behavior of a class of physically relevant solutions of Boussinesq's equation for water waves is described by ten main asymptotic sectors. In the sector adjacent to the positive $x$-axis,…
We consider the Boussinesq equation on the line for a broad class of Schwartz initial data relevant for water waves. In a recent work, we identified ten main sectors describing the asymptotic behavior of the solution, and for each of these…
This study deals with higher-ordered asymptotic equations for the water-waves problem. We considered the higher-order/extended Boussinesq equations over a flat bottom topography in the well-known long wave regime. Providing an existence and…
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 consider the initial-value problem for the ``good'' Boussinesq equation on the line. Using inverse scattering techniques, the solution can be expressed in terms of the solution of a $3 \times 3$-matrix Riemann-Hilbert problem. We…
In this paper, we study the generalized Boussinesq equation as a model for the water wave problem with surface tension. Initially, we investigate the initial value problem within Sobolev spaces, deriving conditions under which solutions are…
We develop an inverse scattering transform formalism for the "good" Boussinesq equation on the line. Assuming that the solution exists, we show that it can be expressed in terms of the solution of a $3 \times 3$ matrix Riemann-Hilbert…
In this paper, we investigate the well-posedness of a nonlinear dispersive model with variable coefficients that describes the evolution of surface waves propagating through a one-dimensional shallow water channel of finite length with…
Starting from the hydrostatic Boussinesq equations, we derive a time-averaged `hydrostatic wave equation' that describes the propagation of inertia-gravity internal waves through quasi-geostrophic flow. The derivation uses a…
Considered here are Boussinesq systems of equations of surface water wave theory over a variable bottom. A simplified such Boussinesq system is derived and solved numerically by the standard Galerkin-finite element method. We study by…
We study the behavior of shallow water waves propagating over bathymetry that varies periodically in one direction and is constant in the other. Plane waves traveling along the constant direction are known to evolve into solitary waves, due…
We consider the space-time evolution of initial discontinuities of depth and flow velocity for an integrable version of the shallow water Boussinesq system introduced by Kaup. We focus on a specific version of this "Kaup-Boussinesq model"…
We derive a new approach to analyze the coupling of linear Boussinesq and Saint-Venant shallow water wave equations in the case where the interface remains at a constant position in space. We propose a one-way coupling model as a reference,…
The goal of this work is to study waves interacting with partially immersed objects allowed to move freely in the vertical direction, and in a regime in which the propagation of the waves is described by the one dimensional…
We prove the existence of a large family of two-dimensional standing waves, that are triple periodic solutions, for a Boussinesq system which describes two-way propagation of water waves in a channel. Our proof uses the Lyapunov-Schmidt…
The numerical approximation of some Boussinesq systems in two spatial dimensions is here considered. The differential systems under study are proposed as asymptotic models for the propagation of waves along the interface of two layers of…
We study bidirectional one-dimensional (1-D) shallow-water waves within a class of Boussinesq equations, including the integrable Kaup-Boussinesq (KB) equation and a truncated-dispersion variant, which serves as a representative…
Considered here is a class of Boussinesq systems of Nwogu type. Such systems describe propagation of nonlinear and dispersive water waves of significant interest such as solitary and tsunami waves. The initial-boundary value problem on a…
The initial-value problem for cylindrical gravitational waves is studied through the development of the inverse scattering method scheme. The inverse scattering transform in this case can be viewed as a transformation of the Cauchy data to…