Abstract
The Korteweg-de Vries equation with a fifth-order-derivative dispersive perturbation has been used as a model for a variety of physical phenomena including gravity-capillary water waves. It has recently been shown that this equation possesses infinitely many multi-pulsed stationary solitary wave solutions. Here it is argued based on the asymptotic theory of Gorshkov and Ostrovsky [Physica D, 3 (1981) 428-438] that half of the two-pulses are stable. Comparison with numerically obtained two-pulses shows that the asymptotic theory is remarkably accurate, and time integration of the full partial differential equations confirms the stability results
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | University of Bristol |
| Number of pages | 6 |
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| Publication status | Published - Oct 1996 |
Bibliographical note
Additional information: Later published by Elsevier Science, (1997) Physics Letters A, 233 (1-2), pp. 58-62. ISSN 0375-9601Research Groups and Themes
- Engineering Mathematics Research Group
Keywords
- asymptotic theory
- Korteweg-de Vries equation
- multi-pulsed stationary solitary wave solutions
- gravity-capillary water waves
- fifth-order-derivative dispersive perturbation
- Gorshkov and Ostrovsky
- two-pulses
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On the stability of solitary wave solutions of the 5th-order KdV equation
Buryak, A. & Champneys, A., Oct 1996, University of Bristol, 6 p.Research output: Working paper
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