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For a class of scalar partial differential equations that incorporate convection, diffusion, and possibly dispersion in one space and one time dimension, the stability of traveling wave solutions is investigated. If the initial perturbation…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Hans Engler

A Langmuir wave (LW) model is constructed whose equilibria are consistent with stimulated Raman scatter optimization, with Hamiltonian dynamics and with rotational invariance. Linear instability analysis includes terms to all orders in wave…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Harvey A. Rose , L. Yin

For models describing water waves, Constantin and Escher's works have long been considered as the cornerstone method for proving wave breaking phenomena. Their rigorous analytic proof shows that if the lowest slope of flows can be…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-12-27 Yongki Lee

We suggest a method for calculation of parameters of dispersive shock waves in framework of Whitham modulation theory applied to non-integrable wave equations with a wide class of initial conditions corresponding to propagation of a pulse…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2019-01-09 A. M. Kamchatnov

We study a class of quasi-linear Schr\"odinger equations arising in the theory of superfluid film in plasma physics. First, using gauge transforms and a derivation process we solve, under some regularity assumptions, the Cauchy problem.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-09-23 Mathieu Colin , Louis Jeanjean , Marco Squassina

We consider the stability of periodic gravity-capillary waves of finite amplitude for small values of the surface tension. Linear stability with respect to both superharmonic and subharmonic perturbations is calculated for each solution,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-28 Josh Shelton , Adam Rook

The two-dimensional cubic nonlinear Schrodinger equation admits a large family of one-dimensional bounded traveling-wave solutions. All such solutions may be written in terms of an amplitude and a phase. Solutions with piecewise constant…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-06-26 Roger J. Thelwell , John D. Carter , Bernard Deconinck

We deploy linear stability analysis to find the threshold wavelength ($\lambda$) and surface tension ($\gamma$) of Rayleigh-Plateau type "peristaltic" instabilities in incompressible neo-Hookean solids in a range of cylindrical geometries…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-24 Chen Xuan , John Biggins

We demonstrate the controllable generation of distinct types of dispersive shock-waves emerging in a quantum droplet bearing environment with the aid of step-like initial conditions. Dispersive regularization of the ensuing hydrodynamic…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2024-08-20 Sathyanarayanan Chandramouli , Simeon I. Mistakidis , Garyfallia C. Katsimiga , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis

We examine the spectral stability and instability of periodic traveling waves for regularized long-wave models. Examples include the regularized Boussinesq, Benney--Luke, and Benjamin--Bona--Mahony equations. Of particular interest is a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-06-01 Jared C. Bronski , Vera Mikyoung Hur , Samuel Lee Wester

We study a semilinear hyperbolic system of PDEs which arises as a continuum approximation of the discrete nonlinear dimer array model introduced by Hadad, Vitelli and Alu (HVA) in \cite{HVA17}. We classify the system's traveling waves, and…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2024-02-13 Huaiyu Li , Andrew Hofstrand , Michael I. Weinstein

We study the modulational stability of periodic travelling wave solutions to equations of nonlinear Schr\"odinger type. In particular, we prove that the characteristics of the quasi-linear system of equations resulting from a slow…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-04 W. A. Clarke , R. Marangell

We show existence of small solitary and periodic traveling-wave solutions in Sobolev spaces ${\mathrm{H}^s}$, ${ s > 0 }$, to a class of nonlinear, dispersive evolution equations of the form \begin{equation*} u_t + \left(Lu+ n(u)\right)_x =…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-02-18 Fredrik Hildrum

In this paper, we study local well-posedness and orbital stability of standing waves for a singularly perturbed one-dimensional nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation. We first establish local well-posedness of the Cauchy problem by a fixed point…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-11-12 Elek Csobo , François Genoud , Masahito Ohta , Julien Royer

The study of the Euler equations in flows with constant vorticity has piqued the curiosity of a considerable number of researchers over the years. Much research has been conducted on this subject under the assumption of steady flow. In this…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-05-26 Eduardo M. Castro , Marcelo V. Flamarion , Roberto Ribeiro-Jr

We prove the existence of highest, cusped, periodic travelling-wave solutions with exact and optimal $ \alpha $-H\"older continuity in a class of fractional negative-order dispersive equations of the form \begin{equation*} u_t + (|…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-11-17 Fredrik Hildrum , Jun Xue

It is proved that approximations which are obtained as solutions of the multiphase Whitham modulation equations stay close to solutions of the original equation on a natural time scale. The class of nonlinear wave equations chosen for the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-11-11 Tom Bridges , Anna Kostianko , Guido Schneider

The inflow problem of full compressible Navier-Stokes equations is considered on the half line $(0,+\infty)$. Firstly, we give the existence (or non-existence) of the boundary layer solution to the inflow problem when the right end state…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-03-25 Xiaohong Qin , Yi Wang

A high-performance shooting algorithm is developed to compute time-periodic solutions of the free-surface Euler equations with spectral accuracy in double and quadruple precision. The method is used to study resonance and its effect on…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-06-11 Jon Wilkening , Jia Yu

We address Euler's equations for irrotational gravity waves in an infinitely deep fluid rewritten in conformal variables. Stokes waves are traveling waves with the smooth periodic profile. In agreement with the previous numerical results,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-21 Sergey Dyachenko , Dmitry E. Pelinovsky