The Boussinesq equation is a mathematics model of thermohydraulics, which consists of equations of fluid and temperature in the Boussinesq approximation.The deterministic case has been studied systematically by many authors (e.g., see [1– 3]). However, in many practical circumstances, small irregularity has to be taken into account.Thus, it is necessary to add to the equation a random force, wh...

The continuous spectrum and soliton solutions for the Boussinesq equation are investigated using the ∂̄-dressing method. Solitons demonstrate quite extraordinary behavior; they may decay or form a singularity in a finite time. Formation of singularity (collapse of solitons) for the Boussinesq equation was discovered several years ago. Systematic study of the solitonic sector is presented. © 2002...

[1] Based on a literature overview, this paper summarizes the impact and legacy of the contributions of Wilfried Brutsaert and Jean-Yves Parlange (Cornell University) with respect to the current state-of-the-art understanding in hydraulic groundwater theory. Forming the basis of many applications in catchment hydrology, ranging from drought flow analysis to surface water-groundwater interaction...

It is well known that the Boussinesq equation is the bidirectional equivalent of the celebrated Korteweg-de Vries equation. Here we consider Boussinesq-type versions of two classical unidirectional integrable equations. A procedure is presented for deriving multisoliton solutions of one of these equations – a bidirectional Kaup–Kupershmidt equation. These solitons have the unusual property that...

A new seawater Boussinesq system is introduced, and it is shown that this approximation to the equations of motion of a compressible binary solution has an energy conservation law that is a consistent approximation to the Bernoulli equation of the full system. The seawater Boussinesq approximation simplifies the mass conservation equation to $ u 5 0, employs the nonlinear equation of state of s...

A class of model equations that describe the bi-directional propagation of small amplitude long waves on the surface of shallow water is derived from two-dimensional potential flow equations at various orders of approximation in two small parameters, namely the amplitude parameter a 1⁄4 a=h0 and wavelength parameter b 1⁄4 ðh0=lÞ2, where a and l are the actual amplitude and wavelength of the sur...

We give an example of a well posed, finite energy, 2D incompressible active scalar equation with the same scaling as the surface quasi-geostrophic equation and prove that it can produce finite time singularities. In spite of its simplicity, this seems to be the first such example. Further, we construct explicit solutions of the 2D Boussinesq equations whose gradients grow exponentially in time ...

The simplifications required to apply the Boussinesq approximation to compressible flow are compared with those in an incompressible fluid. The larger degree of approximation required to describe mass conservation in a stratified compressible fluid with the Boussinesq continuity equation has led to the development of several different sets of “anelastic” equations that may be regarded as genera...

We prove the global well-posedness of the viscous incompressible Boussinesq equations in two spatial dimensions for general initial data in Hm with m ≥ 3. It is known that when both the velocity and the density equations have finite positive viscosity, the Boussinesq system does not develop finite time singularities. We consider here the challenging case when viscosity enters only in the veloci...