Strongly nonlinear modal equations for nearly integrable PDEs

N. M. Ercolani, M. G. Forest, D. W. McLaughlin, A. Sinha

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is the derivation of reduced, finite-dimensional dynamical systems that govern the near-integrable modulations of N-phase, spatially periodic, integrable wavetrains. The small parameter in this perturbation theory is the size of the nonintegrable perturbation in the equation, rather than the amplitude of the solution, which is arbitrary. Therefore, these reduced equations locally approximate strongly nonlinear behavior of the nearly integrable PDE. The derivation we present relies heavily on the integrability of the underlying PDE and applies, in general, to any N-phase periodic wavetrain. For specific applications, however, a numerical pretest is applied to fix the truncation order N. We present one example of the reduction philosophy with the damped, driven sine-Gordon system and summarize our present progress toward application of the modulation equations to this numerical study.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)393-426
Number of pages34
JournalJournal of Nonlinear Science
Volume3
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1993

Keywords

  • modulation equations
  • nearly integrable PDE
  • nonlinear modes
  • numerical simulation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Modeling and Simulation
  • General Engineering
  • Applied Mathematics

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