Solitary waves in a Whitham equation with small surface tension

Traveling Waves for the Whitham Equation

The existence of traveling waves for the original Whitham equation is investigated. This equation combines a generic nonlinear quadratic term with the exact linear dispersion relation of surface water waves of finite depth. It is found that there exist small-amplitude periodic traveling waves with sub-critical speeds. As the period of these traveling waves tends to infinity, their velocities ap...

A numerical study of the Whitham equation as a model for steady surface water waves

The object of this article is the comparison of numerical solutions of the so-called Whitham equation describing wave motion at the surface of a perfect fluid to numerical approximations of solutions of the full Euler free-surface water-wave problem. The Whitham equation ηt + 3 2 c0 h0 ηηx +Kh0∗ ηx = 0 was proposed by Whitham [33] as an alternative to the KdV equation for the description of sur...

Periodic and Solitary Wave Solutions to the Fornberg-Whitham Equation

In this paper, new travelling wave solutions to the Fornberg-Whitham equation ut − uxxt + ux + uux = uuxxx + 3uxuxx are investigated. They are characterized by two parameters. The expresssions of the periodic and solitary wave solutions are obtained.

Solitary surface acoustic waves.

Solitary acoustic pulses can propagate along the surface of a coated homogeneous and inhomogeneous medium. It is shown how these nonlinear surface acoustic waves evolve out of initial pulselike conditions generated by pulsed laser excitation and how they can be monitored by optical detection. The solitary pulse shapes at the surface are computed on the basis of an evolution equation with nonloc...

Measuring Surface Tension with Faraday Waves