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In all of the diverse areas of science where waves play an important role, one of the most fundamental solutions of the corresponding wave equation is a stationary wave with constant intensity. The most familiar example is that of a plane…

A central mechanism of linearised two dimensional shear instability can be described in terms of a nonlinear, action-at-a-distance, phase-locking resonance between two vorticity waves which propagate counter to their local mean flow as well…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-10-16 Eyal Heifetz , Anirban Guha

In this paper the two-dimensional Benney system describing long wave propagation of a finite depth fluid motion and the multi-dimensional Russo--Smereka kinetic equation describing a bubbly flow are considered. The Hamiltonian approach…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-06-19 Maxim V. Pavlov

The Hamiltonian formulation of the water wave problem due to Zakharov, and the reduced Zakharov equation derived therefrom, have great utility in understanding and modelling water waves. Here we set out to review the cubic Zakharov equation…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-03-12 Raphael Stuhlmeier

Third-order approximate solutions for surface gravity waves in the finite water depth are studied in the context of potential flow theory. This solution provides explicit expressions for the surface elevation, free-surface velocity…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-09-15 Zhe Gao , Z. C Sun , S. X Liang

We consider the dynamics of internal envelope solitons in a two-layer rotating fluid with a linearly varying bottom. It is shown that the most probable frequency of a carrier wave which constitutes the solitary wave is the frequency where…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-03-25 Yury Stepanyants

The Hamiltonian for a system of relativistic bodies interacting by their gravitational field is found in the post-Minkowskian approximation, including all terms linear in the gravitational constant. It is given in a surprisingly simple…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Tomas Ledvinka , Gerhard Schaefer , Jiri Bicak

During direct numerical simulation of the isotropic turbulence of surface gravity waves in the framework of Hamiltonian equations formation of the long wave background or condensate was observed. Exponents of the direct cascade spectra at…

Computational Physics · Physics 2011-01-04 A. O. Korotkevich

Dynamics of ideal fluid with free surface can be effectively solved by perturbing the Hamiltonian in weak nonlinearity limit. However it is shown that perturbation theory, which includes third and fourth order terms in the Hamiltonian,…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-10 Pavel M. Lushnikov , Vladimir E. Zakharov

A new Hamiltonian formulation for the fully nonlinear water-wave problem over variable bathymetry is derived, using an exact, vertical series expansion of the velocity potential, in conjunction with Luke's variational principle. The…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-04-14 Christos Papoutsellis , Gerassimos Athanassoulis

In this study we consider the Hamiltonian approach for the construction of a map for a system with nonlinear resonant interaction, including phase trapping and phase bunching effects. We derive basic equations for a single resonant…

Vortical flows in shallow water interact with long surface waves by virtue of the nonlinear terms of the fluid equations. Analytical formulae are derived that quantify the spontaneous generation of such waves by unsteady vorticity as well…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-22 Enrique cerda , Fernando Lund

We consider the gravitational collapse of self-gravitating spherical dust cloud in the Hamiltonian formalism. We address both homogeneous and inhomogeneous cases. Our novel derivation of the Hamiltonian of the system is based on the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-05-13 Nick Kwidzinski , Daniele Malafarina , Jan Ostrowski , Włodzimierz Piechocki , Tim Schmitz

We study long surface and internal ring waves propagating in a stratified fluid over a parallel shear flow. The far-field modal and amplitude equations for the ring waves are presented in dimensional form. We re-derive them from the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-09-30 Curtis Hooper , Karima Khusnutdinova , Roger Grimshaw

A systematic method to derive the Hamiltonian and Nambu form for the shallow water equations, using the conservation for energy and potential enstrophy, is presented. Different mechanisms, such as vortical flows and emission of gravity…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-05-01 Richard Blender , Gualtiero Badin

We introduce the Hamiltonian dynamics with the Hartree-Fock energy in new {\it wave-matrix} picture. Roughly speaking, the wave matrix is defined as the square root of the density matrix. The corresponding Hamiltonian equations are…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Alexander Komech

A model for the wave motion of an internal wave in the presence of current in the case of intermediate long wave approximation is studied. The lower layer is considerably deeper, with a higher density than the upper layer. The flat surface…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-06-04 Joseph Cullen , Rossen Ivanov

The Hamiltonian description of the self-consistent interaction between an electromagnetic plane-wave and a co-propagating beam of charged particles is considered. We show how the motion can be reduced to a one-dimensional Hamiltonian model…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Romain Bachelard , Cristel Chandre , Michel Vittot

The high-frequency limit of the Garrett and Munk spectrum of internal waves in the ocean and the observed deviations from it are shown to form a pattern consistent with the predictions of wave turbulence theory. In particular, the high…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Yuri V. Lvov , Kurt L. Polzin , Esteban G. Tabak

The problem of a travelling wave over an arbitrary quasi-flat bathymetry in a semi infinite channel is studied in the shallow-water formulation. It is shown how the streamfunction can be cast, in the vicinity of an elliptic equilibrium for…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-02-12 Alessandro Fortunati