A continuum model, based on the damped Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation, is shown to reproduce the morphology evolution during ion sputtering quite successfully. In a very narrow range of the damping parameter a , the alignment of the structures into hexagonal domains is obtained under normal incidence of ions with striking resemblance to the experimentally observed dot patterns. The origin of thi...

We introduce a new variational method for finding periodic orbits of flows and spatio-temporally periodic solutions of classical field theories, a generalization of the Newton method to a flow in the space of loops. The feasibility of the method is demonstrated by its application to several dynamical systems, including the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky system.

For the 1-dimensional Kuramoto–Sivashinsky equation with random forcing term, existence and uniqueness of solutions is proved. Then, the Markovian semigroup is well defined; its properties are analyzed, in order to provide sufficient conditions for existence and uniqueness of invariant measures for this stochastic equation. Finally, regularity results are obtained by means of Girsanov theorem.

Spatiotemporally chaotic dynamics of a Kuramoto-Sivashinsky system is described by means of an infinite hierarchy of its unstable spatiotemporally periodic solutions. An intrinsic parametrization of the corresponding invariant set serves as accurate guide to the high-dimensional dynamics, and the periodic orbit theory yields several global averages characterizing the chaotic dynamics.

A new theorem is applied to the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation with L-periodic boundary conditions, proving the existence of an asymptotically complete inertial manifold attracting all initial data. Combining this result with a new estimate of the size of the globally absorbing set yields an improved estimate of the dimension, N ∼ L.

Spatiotemporally chaotic dynamics of a Kuramoto–Sivashinsky system is described by means of an infinite hierarchy of its unstable spatiotemporally periodic solutions. An intrinsic parametrization of the corresponding invariant set serves as an accurate guide to the highdimensional dynamics, and the periodic orbit theory yields several global averages characterizing the chaotic dynamics. PACS nu...

A model consisting of a mixed Kuramoto-Sivashinsky-Kortewegde Vries equation, linearly coupled to an extra linear dissipative equation has been proposed in [1] in order to describe the surface waves on multi-layered liquid films and stability criteria are discussed using wave mode analysis. In this paper, we study the linear stability of solutions to the model from the viewpoint of energy estim...

This study introduces, analyses and implements space-time discretizations of two-dimensional active dissipative partial differential equations such as the Topper–Kawahara equation; this is the two-dimensional extension of the dispersively modified Kuramoto–Sivashinsky equation found in falling film hydrodynamics. The spatially periodic initial value problem is considered as the size of the peri...

A model consisting of a mixed Kuramoto Sivashinsky Korteweg de Vries equation, linearly coupled to an extra linear dissipative equation, is proposed. The model applies to the description of surface waves on multilayered liquid films. The extra equation makes its possible to stabilize the zero solution in the model, thus opening way to the existence of stable solitary pulses (SPs). By means of t...

We analyze and implement fully discrete schemes for periodic initial value problems for a general class of dispersively modified Kuramoto–Sivashinsky equations. Time discretizations are constructed using linearly implicit schemes and spectral methods are used for the spatial discretization. The general case analyzed covers several physical applications arising in multi-phase hydrodynamics and t...