Probability Distribution Characteristics of Strong Nonlinear Waves Under Typhoon Conditions in the Northern South China Sea

The generation and propagation mechanism of strong nonlinear waves in the South China Sea is an essential research area. In this study, the third-generation wave model WAVEWATCH Ⅲ is employed to simulate wave fields under extreme sea states. The model, integrating the ST6 source term, is validated against observed data, demonstrating its credibility. The spatial distribution of the occurrence probability of strong nonlinear waves during typhoons is shown, and the waves in the straits and the northeastern part of the South China Sea show strong nonlinear characteristics. The high-order spectral model HOS-ocean is employed to simulate the random wave surface series beneath five different platform areas. The waves during the typhoon exhibit strong nonlinear characteristics, and freak waves exist. The space-varying probability model is established to describe the short-term probability distribution of nonlinear wave series. The exceedance probability distributions of the wave surface beneath different platform areas are compared and analyzed. The results show that with an increase in the platform area, the probability of a strong nonlinear wave beneath the platform increases.

2-D Composite Model for Numerical Simulations of Nonlinear Waves

A composite model, which is the combination of Boussinesq equations and Volume of Fluid (VOF) method, has been developed for 2-D time-domain computations of nonlinear waves in a large region. The whole computational region Omega is divided into two subregions. In the near-field around a structure, Omega(2), the flow is governed by 2-D Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes equations with a turbulence closure model of k-epsilon equations and numerically solved by the improved VOF method; whereas in the subregion Omega(1) (Omega(1) = Omega - Omega(2)) the flow is governed by one-D Boussinesq equations and numerically solved with the predictor-corrector algorithm. The velocity and the wave surface elevation are matched on the common boundary of the two subregions. Numerical tests have been conducted for the case of wave propagation and interaction with a wave barrier. It is shown that the composite model can help perform efficient computation of nonlinear waves in a large region with the complicated flow fields near structures taken into account.

A 3-D Time-Domain Coupled Model for Nonlinear Waves Acting on A Box-Shaped Ship Fixed in A Harbor

A 3-D time-domain numerical coupled model is developed to obtain an efficient method for nonlinear waves acting on a box-shaped ship fixed in a harbor. The domain is divided into the inner domain and the outer domain. The inner domain is the area beneath the ship and the flow is described by the simplified Euler equations. The remaining area is the outer domain and the flow is defined by the higher-order Boussinesq equations in order to consider the nonlinearity of the wave motions. Along the interface boundaries between the inner domain and the outer domain, the volume flux is assumed to be continuous and the wave pressures are equal. Relevant physical experiment is conducted to validate the present mode/and it is shown that the numerical results agree with the experimental data. Compared the coupled model with the flow in the inner domain governed by the Laplace equation, the present coupled model is more efficient and its solution procedure is simpler, which is particularly useful for the study on the effect of the nonlinear waves acting on a fixed box-shaped ship in a large harbor.

The interaction of nonlinear waves in two-dimensional lattice

This paper investigates the collision between two nonlinear waves with arbitrary angle in two-dimensional nonlinear lattice. By using the extended Poincarge-Lighthill-Kuo perturbation method, it obtains two Korteweg-de Vries equations for nonlinear waves in both the ζ and η directions, respectively, and derives the analytical phase shifts after the collision of two nonlinear waves. Finally, the solution of u（υ） up to O（ε^3） order is given.

The interaction of nonlinear waves in two-dimensional dust crystals

This paper investigates the collision between two nonlinear waves with different propagation directions in two- dimensional dust crystals. Using the extended Poincare-Lighthill-Kuo perturbation method, two Korteweg-de Vries equations for nonlinear waves in both the ξ and η directions are obtained, respectively, and the analytical phase shifts and trajectories after the collision of two nonlinear waves are derived. Finally, the effects of parameters of the lattice constant a, the arbitrary constant u0η, the forces f（r）, and the colliding angle θ on the phase shifts of both colliding nonlinear waves are examined.

NONLINEAR WAVES AND PERIODIC SOLUTION IN FINITE DEFORMATION ELASTIC ROD

A nonlinear wave equation of elastic rod taking account of finite deformation, transverse inertia and shearing strain is derived by means of the Hamilton principle in this paper. Nonlinear wave equation and truncated nonlinear wave equation are solved by the Jacobi elliptic sine function expansion and the third kind of Jacobi elliptic function expansion method. The exact periodic solutions of these nonlinear equations are obtained, including the shock wave solution and the solitary wave solution. The necessary condition of exact periodic solutions, shock solution and solitary solution existence is discussed.

GEOMETRICAL NONLINEAR WAVES IN FINITEDEFORMATION ELASTIC RODS

By using Hamilton-type variation principle in non-conservation system, the nonlinear equation of wave motion of a elastic thin rod was derived according to Lagrange description of finite deformation theory. The dissipation caused due to viscous effect and the dispersion introduced by transverse inertia were taken into consideration so that steady traveling wave solution can be obtained. Using multi-scale method the nonlinear equation is reduced to a KdV-Burgers equation which corresponds with saddle-spiral heteroclinic orbit on phase plane. Its solution is called the oscillating-solitary wave or saddle-spiral shock wave. If viscous effect or transverse inertia is neglected, the equation is degraded to classical KdV or Burgers equation. The former implies a propagating solitary wave with homoclinic on phase plane, the latter means shock wave and heteroclinic orbit.

Numerical Calculation for Nonlinear Waves in Water of Arbitrarily Varying Depth with Boussinesq Equations

Based on the high order nonlinear and dispersive wave equation with a dissipative term, a numerical model for nonlinear waves is developed, It is suitable to calculate wave propagation in water areas with an arbitrarily varying bottom slope and a relative depth h/L(0)less than or equal to1. By the application of the completely implicit stagger grid and central difference algorithm, discrete governing equations are obtained. Although the central difference algorithm of second-order accuracy both in time and space domains is used to yield the difference equations, the order of truncation error in the difference equation is the same as that of the third-order derivatives of the Boussinesq equation. In this paper, the correction to the first-order derivative is made, and the accuracy of the difference equation is improved. The verifications of accuracy show that the results of the numerical model are in good agreement with those of analytical Solutions and physical models.

Differences between two methods to derive a nonlinear Schrödinger equation and their application scopes

The present paper chooses a dusty plasma as an example to numerically and analytically study the differences between two different methods of obtaining nonlinear Schrödinger equation(NLSE).The first method is to derive a Korteweg–de Vries(KdV)-type equation and then derive the NLSE from the KdV-type equation,while the second one is to directly derive the NLSE from the original equation.It is found that the envelope waves from the two methods have different dispersion relations,different group velocities.The results indicate that two envelope wave solutions from two different methods are completely different.The results also show that the application scope of the envelope wave obtained from the second method is wider than that of the first one,though both methods are valuable in the range of their corresponding application scopes.It is suggested that,for other systems,both methods to derive NLSE may be correct,but their nonlinear wave solutions are different and their application scopes are also different.

The(1+1)-dimensional nonlinear ion acoustic waves in multicomponent plasma containing kappa electrons

Large amplitude (1+1)-dimensional nonlinear ion acoustic waves are theoretically studied in multicomponent plasma consisting of positively charged ions and negatively charged ions, ion beam, kappa-distributed electrons, and dust grains,respectively. By using the Sagdeev potential method, the dynamical system and the Sagdeev potential function are obtained.The important influences of system parameters on the phase diagram of this system are investigated. It is found that the linear waves, the nonlinear waves and the solitary waves are coexistent in the multicomponent plasma system. Meanwhile,the variations of Sagdeev potential with parameter can also be obtained. Finally, it seems that the propagating characteristics of (1+1)-dimensional nonlinear ion acoustic solitary waves and ion acoustic nonlinear shock wave can be influenced by different parameters of this system.

Effect of Wave Nonlinearity on the Instantaneous Seabed Liquefaction

The nonlinear variation of wave is commonly seen in nearshore area,and the resulting seabed response and liquefaction are of high concern to coastal engineers.In this study,an analytical formula considering the nonlinear wave skewness and asymmetry is adopted to provide wave pressure on the seabed surface.The liquefaction depth attenuation coefficient and width growth coefficient are defined to quantitatively characterize the nonlinear effect of wave on seabed liquefaction.Based on the 2D full dynamic model of wave-induced seabed response,a detailed parametric study is carried out in order to evaluate the influence of the nonlinear variation of wave loadings on seabed liquefaction.Further,new empirical prediction formulas are proposed to fast predict the maximum liquefaction under nonlinear wave.Results indicate that(1)Due to the influence of wave nonlinearity,the vertical transmission of negative pore water pressure in the seabed is hindered,and therefore,the amplitude decreases significantly.(2)In general,with the increase of wave nonlinearity,the liquefaction depth of seabed decreases gradually.Especially under asymmetric and skewed wave loading,the attenuation of maximum seabed liquefaction depth is the most significant among all the nonlinear wave conditions.However,highly skewed wave can cause the liquefaction depth of seabed greater than that under linear wave.(3)The asymmetry of wave pressure leads to the increase of liquefaction width,whereas the influence of skewedness is not significant.(4)Compared with the nonlinear waveform,seabed liquefaction is more sensitive to the variation of nonlinear degree of wave loading.

NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF NONLINEAR WAVES OVERTOPPING AN OBSTRUCTION

The flows of nonlinear waves overtopping an obstruction are studied numerically in the present paper. The finite difference method is used to solve the full two dimensional Navier Stokes equations, and the VOF method is adopted to deal with free surface deformations. Numerical results of a solitary wave and periodic waves overtopping an rectangular cylinder are obtained respectively. Many complex phenomena, such as water accumulation, wave run up, water jet flows, water jet impact both upon free surface and on a structure, and generation of new waves on the lee side during the process of the waves overtopping an obstacle, can be successfully simulated.

WEAK NONLINEAR WAVES IN NON-UNIFORM FLOW

In this paper, the wave velocity c is developed as an asymptotic series for weak nonlinear waves in non-uniform flow. Then Fredholm's alternative theorem is applied and it is verified that the first-order approximation c1 equals zero, This generalizes the previous result.

A robust WENO scheme for nonlinear waves in a moving reference frame

For robust nonlinear wave simulation in a moving reference frame, we recast the free surface problem in Hamilton-Jacobi form and propose a Weighted Essentially Non-Oscillatory （WENO） scheme to automatically handle the upwinding of the convective term. A new automatic procedure for deriving the linear WENO weights based on a Taylor series expansion is introduced. A simplified smoothness indicator is proposed and is shown to perform well. The scheme is combined with high-order explicit Runge-Kutta time integration and a dissipative Lax-Friedrichs-type flux to solve for nonlinear wave propagation in a moving frame of reference. The WENO scheme is robust and less dissipative than the equivalent order upwind-biased finite difference scheme for all ratios of frame of reference to wave propagation speed tested. This provides the basis for solving general nonlinear wave-structure interaction problems at forward speed.

COMPARISON OF LINEAR AND NONLINEAR WAVES ASSOCIATED WITH STEADY-STATE FORCING SOURCES

Low-frequency phenomena in the atmosphere are intimately related to stationary waves and, in a sense, the former may even be viewed as the time-varying part of the quasi-stationary waves themselves, Much attention has been focused on nonlinear interactions in the conceptual study on stationary waves. Linear and nonlinear primitive-equation baroclinic spectral models are adopted to investigate the response of stationary waves to large- scale mechanical forcing and steady-state thermal forcing, both idealized and realistic, followed by calculations of the EP fluxes and three-dimensional wave activity fluxes (Plumb, 1985) for both the linear and nonlinear solu- tions. Results show that when the forcing source grows intense enough to be comparable to the real one, non- linear interaction becomes very important, especially for the maintenance of tropical and polar stationary waves. Care should be taken, however, in using the EP flux and Plumb's 3-D flux for diagnostic analysis of observational data as they are highly sensitive to nonlinear interaction.

GLOBAL ATTRACTOR OF NONLINEAR STRAIN WAVES IN ELASTIC WAVEGUIDES

The initial-boundary value problem of the propagation of nonlinear longitudinal elastic waves in an initially strained rod is considered. The rod is assumed to interact with the surrouding elastic and viscous external medium. The long time behavior of solutions are derived and global attractors in E-1 space is obtained.

NONLINEAR TRAVELING WAVES IN A COMPRESSIBLE MOONEY-RIVLIN ROD I.LONG FINITE-AMPLITUDE WAVES

In literature,nonlinear traveling waves in elastic circular rods have only been studied based on single partial differential equation(pde)models,and here we consider such a problem by using a more accurate coupled-pde model.We derive the Hamiltonian from the model equations for the long finite-amplitude wave approximation,analyze how the number of singular points of the system changes with the parameters,and study the features of these singular points qualitatively.Various physically acceptable nonlinear traveling waves are also discussed,and corresponding examples are given.In particular,we find that certain waves,which cannot be counted by the single-equation model,can arise.

NONLINEAR FLEXURAL WAVES IN LARGE-DEFLECTION BEAMS

The equation of motion for a large-deflection beam in the Lagrangian description are derived using the coupling of flexural deformation and midplane stretching as a key source of nonlinearity and taking into account the transverse, axial and rotary inertia effects. Assuming a traveling wave solution, the nonlinear partial differential equations are then transformed into ordinary differential equations. Qualitative analysis indicates that the system can have either a homoclinic orbit or a heteroclinic orbit, depending on whether the rotary inertia effect is taken into account. Furthermore, exact periodic solutions of the nonlinear wave equations are obtained by means of the Jacobi elliptic function expansion. When the modulus of the Jacobi elliptic function m→1 in the degenerate case, either a solitary wave solution or a shock wave solution can be obtained.

Experimental Study of Nonlinear Behaviors of A Free-Floating Body in Waves

Nonlinear behaviors of a free-floating body in waves were experimentally investigated in the present study. The experiments were carried out for 6 different wave heights and 6 different wave periods to cover a relatively wide range of wave nonlinearities. A charge-coupled device （CCD） camera was used to capture the real-time motion of the floating body. The measurement data show that the sway, heave and roll motions of the floating body are all harmonic oscillations while the equilibrium position of the sway motion drifts in the wave direction. The drift speed is proportional to wave steepness when the size of the floating body is comparable to the wavelength, while it is proportional to the square of wave steepness when the floating body is relatively small. In addition, the drift motion leads to a slightly longer oscillation period of the floating body than the wave period of nonlinear wave and the discrepancy increases with the increment of wave steepness.

Second-Order Analytic Solutions of Nonlinear Interactions of Edge Waves on A Plane Sloping Bottom

Based on the full water-wave equation, a second-order analytic solution for nonlinear interaction of short edge waves on a plane sloping bottom is presented in this paper. For special ease of slope angle β = π/2, this solution can reduced to the same order solution of deep water gravity surface waves traveling along parallel coastline. Interactions between two edge waves including progressive, standing and partially reflected standing waves are also discussed. The unified analytic expressions with transfer functions for kinematic-dynamic elements of edge waves are also given. The random model of the unified wave motion processes for linear and nonlinear irregular edge waves is formulated, and the corresponding theoreti- cal autocorrelation and spectral density functions of the first and the second orders are derived. The boundary conditions for the determination of the parameters of short edge wave are suggested, that may be seen as one special simple edge wave excitation mechanism and an extension to the sea wave refraction theory. Finally some computation results are demonstrated.