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Perturbation of traveling Boussinesq solitons by periodic bathymetry

A. Ludu*

J. Yu†

A. S. Carstea‡

  • *Contact author: ludua@erau.edu
  • †Contact author: jie.yu4.civ@us.navy.mil
  • ‡Contact author: acarst@theory.nipne.ro
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Phys. Rev. Fluids 10, 044402 – Published 16 April, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.10.044402

Abstract

We investigate the perturbations induced by a periodic bathymetry on traveling Boussinesq solitons in a two-dimensional configuration. We present two perturbation approaches to solve the nonlinear, dispersive, and nonautonomous differential equations of the model and compare the solutions with numerical simulations of the original system of equations. In the approximation for small periodic corrugations we built the solutions as modulated traveling waves using a Fourier series. The coefficients of the series are solved using the Green's function method and the path-ordered exponential method. At the second order in the relative height of bed corrugations, we obtain the perturbation as the fourth-order linear dispersive waves generated by the modulated traveling soliton in its wake. In the second approach, we rewrite the Boussinesq system into a perturbed Korteweg–de Vries nonlinear equation, and obtain the corresponding perturbed solitons. These analytic solutions are compared with the results of numerical simulations, for various parameters that characterize the effects of nonlinearity, dispersion, and bottom bathymetry. We also discuss the stability of the perturbed solitons in time. The perturbation approaches developed in this study are valid for any type of periodic bathymetries, and the method can readily be extended to nonperiodic ones.

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Phys. Rev. Fluids 10, 044402– Published 16 April, 2025
  • Received 27 September 2024
  • Accepted 17 March 2025
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