GENERAL SOLUTION FOR INTERACTION OF SOLITARY WAVES INCLUDING HEAD-ON COLLISIONS

A general solution of the Boussinesq equation is presented which solves the problem of interaction of any number of right-going and left-going solitary waves.The solution relies on the exact solu- tion of Gardner,Greene,Kruskal,and Miura(1967),and has the same degree of accuracy as that solution, but has a wider scope of application.It is much simpler than,but as accurate as,Hirota's exact solu- tion(1973)of the Boussinesq equation,to which the present solution is compared for the simplest case of two solitary waves in head-on collision.

ON HEAD-ON COLLISION BETWEEN TWO GKDV SOLITARY WAVES IN A STRATIFIED FLUID

In this paper,using the reductive perturbation method combined with the PLK method and two-parameter expansions,we treat the problem of head-on collision between two solitary waves described by the generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation (the gKdV equation) and obtain its second-order approximate solution.The results show that after the collision,the gKdV solitary waves preserve their profiles and during the collision,the maximum amplitute is the linear superposition of two maximum amplitudes of the impinging solitary waves.

Use of Finite Element Analysis for the Prediction of Driver Fatality Ratio Based on Vehicle Intrusion Ratio in Head-On Collisions

To estimate the aggressivity of vehicles in frontal crashes, national highway traffic safety administration (NHTSA) has introduced the driver fatality ratio, DFR, for different vehicle-to-vehicle categories. The DFR proposed by NHTSA is based on the actual crash statistical data, which makes it difficult to evaluate for other vehicle categories newly introduced to the market, as they do not have sufficient crash statistics. A finite element (FE) methodology is proposed in this study based on computational reconstruction of crashes and some objective measures to predict the relative risk of DFR associated with any vehicle-to-vehicle crash. The suggested objective measures include the ratios of maximum intrusion in the passenger compartments of the vehicles in crash, and the transmitted peak deceleration of the vehicles’ center of gravity, which are identified as the main influencing parameters on occupant injury. The suitability of the proposed method is established for a range of bullet light truck and van (LTV) categories against a small target passenger car with published data by NHTSA. A mathematical relation between the objective measures and DFR is then developed. The methodology is then extended to predict the relative risk of DFR for a crossover category vehicle, a light pick-up truck, and a mid-size car in crash against a small size passenger car. It is observed that the ratio of intrusions produces a reasonable estimate for the DFR, and that it can be utilized in predicting the relative risk of fatality ratios in head-on collisions. The FE methodology proposed in this study can be utilized in design process of a vehicle to reduce the aggressivity of the vehicle and to increase the on-road fleet compatibility in order to reduce the occupant injury out- come.

Head-on collision of ring dark solitons in Bose-Einstein condensates

The ring dark solitons and their head-on collisions in a Bose-Einstein condensates with thin disc-shaped potential are studied. It is shown that the system admits a solution with two concentric ring solitons, one moving inwards and the other moving outwards, which in small-amplitude limit, are described by the two cylindrical KdV equations in the respective reference frames. By using the extended Poincaré-Lighthill-Kuo perturbation method, the analytical phase shifts following the head-on collisions between two ring dark solitary waves are derived. It is shown that the phase shifts decrease with the radial coordinate r according to the r-1/3 law and depend on the initial soliton amplitude and radius.

HEAD-ON COLLISION BETWEEN TWO mKdV SOLITARY WAVES IN A TWO-LAYER FLUID SYSTEM

In this paper, based on the equations presented in [2], the head-on collision between two solitary waves described by the modified KdV equation (the mKdVequation, for short) is investigated by using the reductive perturbation method combined with the PLK method. These waves propagate at the interface of a two-fluid system, in which the density ratio of the two fluids equals the square of the depth ratio of the fluids. The second order perturbation solution is obtained. It is found that in the case of disregarding the nonuniform phase shift, the solitary waves preserve their original profiles after collision, which agrees with Fornberg and Whitham's numerical result of overtaking collision[6] whereas after considering the nonuniform phase shift, the wave profiles may deform after collision.

Head-on collision between two hydroelastic solitary waves with Plotnikov-Toland's plate model

Head-on collision between two hydroelastic solitary waves propagating at the surface of an incompressible and ideal fluid covered by a thin ice sheet is analytically studied by means of a singular perturbation method. The ice sheet is represented by the Plotnikov-Toland model with the help of the special Cosserat theory of hyperelastic shells and the Kirchhoff-Love plate theory,which yields the nonlinear and conservative expression for the bending forces. The shallow water assumption is taken for the fluid motion with the Boussinesq approximation. The resulting governing equations are solved asymptotically with the aid of the Poincaré-Lighthill-Kuo method,and the solutions up to the third order are explicitly presented. It is observed that solitary waves after collision do not change their shapes and amplitudes. The wave profile is symmetric before collision, and it becomes, after collision, unsymmetric and titled backward in the direction of wave propagation. The wave profile significantly reduces due to greater impacts of elastic plate and surface tension. A graphical comparison is presented with published results, and the graphical comparison between linear and nonlinear elastic plate models is also shown as a special case of our study.

Modeling of nonlinear envelope solitons in strongly coupled dusty plasmas:Instability and collision

Modeling of instability and collision of nonlinear dust-acoustic（NDA） envelope solitons in strongly coupled dusty plasmas（SCDPs） is theoretically investigated. The SCDPs consists of strongly correlated negatively variable-charged dust grains and weakly correlated Boltzmann electrons and ions. Using the derivative expansion perturbation technique, a nonlinear Schr dinger-type（NLST） equation for describing the propagation of NDA envelope solitons is derived. Moreover,the extended Poincar′e–Lighthill–Kuo（EPLK） method is employed to deduce the analytical phase shifts and the trajectories after the collision of NDA envelope solitons. In detail, the results show that both modulation instability and phase shift after collision of NDA envelope solitons will modify with the increase in the effects of the viscosity, the relaxation time, and the dust charge fluctuation. Crucially, the modeling of dust-acoustic envelope solitons collision, as reported here, is helpful for understanding the propagation of NDA envelope solitons in strongly coupled dusty plasmas.

Local Discontinuous Galerkin Methods for the abcd Nonlinear Boussinesq System

Boussinesq type equations have been widely studied to model the surface water wave.In this paper,we consider the abcd Boussinesq system which is a family of Boussinesq type equations including many well-known models such as the classical Boussinesq system,the BBM-BBM system,the Bona-Smith system,etc.We propose local discontinuous Galerkin(LDG)methods,with carefully chosen numerical fluxes,to numerically solve this abcd Boussinesq system.The main focus of this paper is to rigorously establish a priori error estimate of the proposed LDG methods for a wide range of the parameters a,b,c,d.Numerical experiments are shown to test the convergence rates,and to demonstrate that the proposed methods can simulate the head-on collision of traveling wave and finite time blow-up behavior well.

Electrical characteristics of laminar propane flame during head-on quenching

The electrical characteristics of laminar propane flame during head-on quenching were investigated experimentally and computationally.A variable small electric field was applied between the burner and the quenching plate,which recorded flame current as a function of the height of the quenching plate,for both polarities,different premixed-air volume,and quenching plate materials.More detailed information of flame,such as the distribution of OH radical and main charged species(H3O+and e-)were obtained by using numerical simulation.The results showed that during the head-on quenching,the resistance of the propane flame is on the order of 108Ω,the flame current increases with the increase of the premixed-air volume,and the effect of the quenching plate materials on the flame current is negligible.In addition,it is found that the direction of the electric field has a significant influence on the flame current,indicating the"rectifier"characteristics of the flame.Moreover,it is interestingly found that the trend of flame current for burner-(burner is negative)is more consistent with the trend of the maximum OH mole concentration than for burner+(burner is positive),which indicates that the trend of flame current for burner-can more accurately reflect the combustion state during head-on quenching.And it would be a better choice to use burner as the negative electrode when diagnosing the combustion state with an applied electric field.

Nonreciprocal Head-on Collision Between Two Nonlinear Solitary Waves in Granular Metamaterials with an Interface

In this work,the head-on collision and transmission with nonreciprocal properties of opposite propagating solitary waves are studied,in which the interface between different granular chains is considered.Due to the discontinuity of two periodic granular systems,the transmitted and reflected solitary waves are produced.The head-on collision appears at the interface and the reductive perturbation method is applied to derive the generated solitary waves.According to the derivation and numerical simulation,we can find that the transmitted and reflected solitary waves can propagate with the same speed when they locate at the same chain.Moreover,the influences of both the arrangement and prestress are discussed.It is found that the amplitude and velocity of solitary waves become larger because of a bigger prestress,which result in the nonreciprocal collision and transmission in the granular mechanical metamaterials.This study is expected to be helpful for the design and application of elastic wave metamaterials and mechanical diodes with nonlinear solitary waves.

Head-on Collision

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multi-solitons interaction multicomponent plasma extended Poincare–Lighthill–Kuo method head-on collision

The propagation and interaction between ion acoustic multi-solitons in an unmagnetized multicomponent plasma consisting of fluid hot ions, positrons and both hot and cold electrons, are investigated by employing the extended Poincare–Lighthill–Kuo（PLK） method. Two different Kortewege-de Vries（K-dV） equations are derived. The Hirota＇s method is applied to get the K-dV multi-solitons solution. The phase shift due to the overtaking and head- on collision of the multi-solitons is obtained.

Comprehensive Assessment of STGSA Generated Skeletal Mechanism for the Application in Flame-Wall Interaction and Flame-Flow Interaction

In this study,we conduct a thorough evaluation of the STGSA-generated skeletal mechanism for C_(2)H_4/air.Two STGSA-reduced mechanisms are taken into account,incorporating basic combustion models such as the homogeneous reactor model,one-dimensional flat premixed flame,and non-premixed counterflow flame.Subsequently,these models are applied to more complex combustion systems,considering factors like flame-flow interaction and flame-wall interaction.These considerations take into account additional physical parameters and processes such as mixing frequency and quenching.The results indicate that the skeletal mechanism adeptly captures the behavior of these complex combustion systems.However,it is suggested to incorporate strain rate considerations in generating the skeletal mechanism,especially when the combustion system operates under high turbulent intensity.

Global Weak Entropy Solution of Nonlinear Ideal Reaction Chromatography System and Applications

The ideal reaction chromatography model can be regarded as a semi-coupled system of two hyperbolic partial differential equations, in which, one is a self-closed nonlinear equation for the reactant concentration and another is a linear equation coupling the reactant concentration for the resultant concentration. This paper is concerned with the initial-boundary value problem for the above model. By the characteristic method and the truncation method, we construct the global weak entropy solution of this initial initial-boundary value problem for Riemann type of initial-boundary data. Moreover, as examples, we apply the obtained results to the cases of head-on and wide pulse injections and give the expression of the global weak entropy solution.