We consider systems of equations which arise in modelling strong interactions of weakly nonlinear long waves in dispersive media. For a certain class of such systems, we prove the existence and stability of localized solutions representing coupled solitary waves travelling at a common speed. Our results apply in particular to the systems derived by Gear and Grimshaw and by Liu, Kubota, and Ko a...

The excitation and propagation of finite-amplitude low-frequency solitary waves are investigated in an argon plasma impregnated with kaolin dust particles. A nonlinear longitudinal dust acoustic solitary wave is excited by pulse modulating the discharge voltage with a negative potential. It is found that the velocity of the solitary wave increases and the width decreases with the increase of th...

The random generation of coherent solitary waves from incoherent waves in a medium with an instantaneous nonlinearity has been observed. One excites a propagating incoherent spin wave packet in a magnetic film strip and observes the random appearance of solitary wave pulses. These pulses are as coherent as traditional solitary waves, but with random timing and a random peak amplitude.

The linear stability problem for solitary wave states of the Kawahara—or fifthorder KdV-type—equation and its generalizations is considered. A new formulation of the stability problem in terms of the symplectic Evans matrix is presented. The formulation is based on a multisymplectification of the Kawahara equation, and leads to a new characterization of the basic solitary wave, including change...

We study the traveling wave solutions for a system of coupled KdV equations derived by Lou et al [11]. In that paper, they found 5 types of Painlevé integrable systems for the coupled KdV system. We show that each of them can be reduced to a partially or completely uncoupled system, through which the dynamical behavior of traveling wave solutions can be determined. In some parameter regions, ex...

An approximate Riemann solver is developed for the equations of nonlinear elasticity in a heterogeneous medium, where each grid cell has an associated density and stress-strain relation. The nonlinear flux function is spatially varying and a wave decomposition of the flux difference across a cell interface is used to approximate the wave structure of the Riemann solution. This solver is used in...

With an extended mapping approach and a linear variable separation approach, a series of solutions (including the Weierstrass elliptic function solutions, solitary wave solutions, periodic wave solutions and rational function solutions) of the (2+1)-dimensional modified dispersive water-wave system (MDWW) is derived. Based on the derived solutions and using some multi-valued functions, we find ...

In this Letter, we study (2 + 1)-dimensional Boussinesq equation and (3 + 1)-dimensional KP equation by using the new generalized transformation in Homogeneous Balance Method (HBM). As a result, many explicit exact solutions, which contain new solitary wave solutions, periodic wave solutions and the combined formal solitary wave solutions and periodic wave solutions, are obtained.  2002 Elsevi...

I investigated a Bose–Einstein condensate confined harmonically to 1D, within the framework of Gross–Pitaevskii mean–field theory. I consider the 1D Gross–Pitaevskii equation with a combined step in its external potential and nonlinear terms. I generalise solitary wave solutions to the equation in its nonlinear limit, to take into account a constant potential and nonlinearity. I then generalise...

The recent development of the nonlinear wave theory clarifies the role of a soliton in various systems. The inverse scattering theory shows that the time-asymptotic state of any initial conditions consists of solitons and ripples under the boundary condition that amplitudes tend to zero as x→±∞. Solitons are stable and the interaction between them affects only phase shifts [1]. Therefore, solit...