THEORETICAL AMPLITUDE AND PERIOD OF PRECURSOR SOLITON GENERATION IN TWO-LAYER FLOW

An fKdV equation of two-layer how and an averaged fKdV equation (AfKdV equation) with respect to phase are derived to determine the theoretical amplitude and period of the precursor solitons in the present paper. In terms of the AfKdV equation derived by the authors, a new theory on the precursor soliton generation based on Lee et al.'s concept is presented. Concepts of asymptotic mean hydraulic fall and level are introduced in our analysis, and the theoretical amplitude and period both depend on the asymptotic mi-an levels and stratified parameters. From the present theoretical results, it is obtained that when the moving velocity of the topography is at the resonant points, there exist two general relations: (1) amplitude relation (A) over circle = 2F, (2) period relation <(tau)over circle> = -8m(1)m(3)(-1)root 6m(4)m(3)(-1)F, in which (A) over circle and <(tau)over circle> are the amplitude and period of the precursor solitons at the resonant points respectively, m(1), m(3) and m(4) are coefficients of the fKdV equation, and F is asymptotic mean half-hydraulic fall at subcritical cutoff points. The theoretical results of this paper are compared with experiments and numerical calculations of two-layer flow over a semicircular topography and all these results are in good agreement. Due to the canonical character of the coefficients of fKdV equations, this theory also holds for any two-dimensional system, which can be reduced to fKdV equations.

A correction of the 2D KdV equation of Djordjevic & Redekopp in exponentially stratified fluid

To further study the nal solitons on the continental fission laws of initial intershelf/slope, we rederive and correct the 2D KdV equation of Djordjevic ＆ Redekopp for exponentially stratified fluid （or ocean） and with twodimensional topography. Through a combination of theoretical study and numerical experiments, we show that solitons in the odd vertical modes can fission. However, because of the corrections, the fission conditions are different from those of Djordjevic ＆ Redekopp. The even modes cannot fission unless the initial internal solitons propagate from shallow sea to deep sea. This conclusion is entirely opposite to that of Djordjevic ＆ Redekopp.

THEORETICAL MEAN WAVE RESISTANCE OF PRECURSOR SOLITON GENERATION OF SINGLE-LAYER FLOW

Theoretical mean wave resistance and regional division of the energy of single-layer flow over topogra-phy is studied at the near-resonant region in the weakly nonlinear, long wave limit. The theoretical meanwave resistance is determined in terms of the 1st and 2nd conservation laws of the fKdV equation. It isproved by the asymptotic mean method that the theoretical mean wave resistance depends only on the intensityand moving velocity of the topography. The theoretical results of this paper are in good agreement withnumerical calculations. Comparisons between the theoretical and numerical results showed that the theoryof the present paper holds for any small compact topography.

Physical universals in problem of precursor soliton generation

Six physical universals and two general relations in the problem of locally forced precursor soliton generation are found theoretically in terms of the AfKdV equation derived by authors. These six universals and two general relations are examined by experiment and numerical calculation of two-layer flow based on the canonical character of the coefficients of the fKdV equations. From comparisons among the theoretical, numerical and experimental results, it is shown that they are in good agreement. There is not any free parameter in this theory, so the theory of the present paper can be used to predict the wave properties of locally forced precursor soliton generation.