15 research outputs found
On the well-posedness of a quasi-linear Korteweg-de Vries equation
No full textThe Korteweg-de Vries equation (KdV) and various generalized, most often semi-linear versions have been studied for about 50 years. Here, the focus is made on a quasi-linear generalization of the KdV equation, which has a fairly general Hamil-tonian structure. This paper presents a local in time well-posedness result, that is existence and uniqueness of a solution and its continuity with respect to the initial data. The proof is based on the derivation of energy estimates, the major interest being the method used to get them. The goal is to make use of the structural properties of the equation, namely the skew-symmetry of the leading order term, and then to control subprincipal terms using suitable gauges as introduced by Lim & Ponce (SIAM J. Math. Anal., 2002) and developed later by Kenig, Ponce & Vega (Invent. Math., 2004) and S. Benzoni-Gavage, R. Danchin & S. Descombes (Electron. J. Diff. Eq., 2006). The existence of a solution is obtained as a limit from regularized parabolic problems. Uniqueness and continuity with respect to the initial data are proven using a Bona-Smith regularization technique
On the well-posedness of a quasi-linear Korteweg-de Vries equation
No full textThe Korteweg-de Vries equation (KdV) and various generalized, most often semi-linear versions have been studied for about 50 years. Here, the focus is made on a quasi-linear generalization of the KdV equation, which has a fairly general Hamil-tonian structure. This paper presents a local in time well-posedness result, that is existence and uniqueness of a solution and its continuity with respect to the initial data. The proof is based on the derivation of energy estimates, the major interest being the method used to get them. The goal is to make use of the structural properties of the equation, namely the skew-symmetry of the leading order term, and then to control subprincipal terms using suitable gauges as introduced by Lim & Ponce (SIAM J. Math. Anal., 2002) and developed later by Kenig, Ponce & Vega (Invent. Math., 2004) and S. Benzoni-Gavage, R. Danchin & S. Descombes (Electron. J. Diff. Eq., 2006). The existence of a solution is obtained as a limit from regularized parabolic problems. Uniqueness and continuity with respect to the initial data are proven using a Bona-Smith regularization technique
On the well-posedness of a quasi-linear Korteweg-de Vries equation
No full textThe Korteweg-de Vries equation (KdV) and various generalized, most often semi-linear versions have been studied for about 50 years. Here, the focus is made on a quasi-linear generalization of the KdV equation, which has a fairly general Hamil-tonian structure. This paper presents a local in time well-posedness result, that is existence and uniqueness of a solution and its continuity with respect to the initial data. The proof is based on the derivation of energy estimates, the major interest being the method used to get them. The goal is to make use of the structural properties of the equation, namely the skew-symmetry of the leading order term, and then to control subprincipal terms using suitable gauges as introduced by Lim & Ponce (SIAM J. Math. Anal., 2002) and developed later by Kenig, Ponce & Vega (Invent. Math., 2004) and S. Benzoni-Gavage, R. Danchin & S. Descombes (Electron. J. Diff. Eq., 2006). The existence of a solution is obtained as a limit from regularized parabolic problems. Uniqueness and continuity with respect to the initial data are proven using a Bona-Smith regularization technique
Periodic waves in some Hamiltonian PDEs : stability, modulations and dispersive shocks
No full textLa première partie de cette thèse concerne l'étude du problème de Cauchy pour l'équation de KdV quasi-linéaire.On établit un théorème d'existence locale obtenu grâce à des propriétés structurelles et des techniques de jauge qui permettent de compenser les pertes de dérivées apparentes dans les estimations a priori.Dans la seconde partie, les propriétés de stabilité orbitale co-périodique et modulationnelle sont explorées numériquement en exploitant des critères algébriques tous établis à partir d'une même intégrale d'action et de ses dérivées secondes. Notre méthode utilise des quadratures numériques suivies de différences finies afin de calculer la matrice hessienne de l'intégrale d'action. Le comportement asymptotique de cette matrice nous pousse à prêter beaucoup d'attention à l'étude des ondes de grande période ou de faible amplitude. Les résultats numériquesprésentés fournissent de nombreuses informations en lien avec des questions ouvertes.On effectue également des simulations directes sur le système d' ÉDP original pour étudier à la fois le comportement des ondes périodiques sous différents types de perturbations, et les solutions de problèmes de Cauchy avec donnée initiale discontinue. Pour ces derniers, on s'attend à observer des chocs dispersifs, dont la compréhension est basée sur le problème de Gurevich-Pitaevskii, où les équations modulées à la Whitham sont utilisées pour approcher la zone oscillante des chocs. On compare des simulations directes aux solutions idéales du problème de Gurevich-Pitaevskii, en commençant par la célèbre équation de KdVThe first part of this manuscript presents a well-posedness result for a quasilinear version of the KdV equation.The proof takes advantage of structural properties and gauge techniques to deal with apparent loss of derivativesin a priori estimates.In the second part, we investigate the modulational and orbital coperiodic stability of periodic waves by computingalgebraic criteria involving the same abbreviated action integral and its second order derivatives. Our methoduses numerical integrations followed by finite differences to compute the Hessian matrix of the action integral.We pay attention to the asymptotic behavior of this matrix in the large period and small amplitude limits. Thenumerical results about stability give some new insight on several analytical open questions.Finally, direct numerical computations are done on the original system of PDEs to study the behavior of periodictraveling waves under various kinds of perturbations and the solutions of Cauchy problem with discontinuousinitial data. For the latter, we expect dispersive shock waves to arise. The building block for understandingdispersive shocks is known as the Gurevich-Pitaevskii problem, in which modulated equations 'a la Whitham'are used as an approximate model for the oscillatory zone. We compare direct numerical simulations to idealizedsolutions of Gurevich-Pitaevskii problems, starting with the famous KdV equatio
Ondes périodiques dans des systèmes d’ÉDP hamiltoniens : stabilité, modulations et chocs dispersifs
No full textThe first part of this manuscript presents a well-posedness result for a quasilinear version of the KdV equation.The proof takes advantage of structural properties and gauge techniques to deal with apparent loss of derivativesin a priori estimates.In the second part, we investigate the modulational and orbital coperiodic stability of periodic waves by computingalgebraic criteria involving the same abbreviated action integral and its second order derivatives. Our methoduses numerical integrations followed by finite differences to compute the Hessian matrix of the action integral.We pay attention to the asymptotic behavior of this matrix in the large period and small amplitude limits. Thenumerical results about stability give some new insight on several analytical open questions.Finally, direct numerical computations are done on the original system of PDEs to study the behavior of periodictraveling waves under various kinds of perturbations and the solutions of Cauchy problem with discontinuousinitial data. For the latter, we expect dispersive shock waves to arise. The building block for understandingdispersive shocks is known as the Gurevich-Pitaevskii problem, in which modulated equations 'a la Whitham'are used as an approximate model for the oscillatory zone. We compare direct numerical simulations to idealizedsolutions of Gurevich-Pitaevskii problems, starting with the famous KdV equationLa première partie de cette thèse concerne l'étude du problème de Cauchy pour l'équation de KdV quasi-linéaire.On établit un théorème d'existence locale obtenu grâce à des propriétés structurelles et des techniques de jauge qui permettent de compenser les pertes de dérivées apparentes dans les estimations a priori.Dans la seconde partie, les propriétés de stabilité orbitale co-périodique et modulationnelle sont explorées numériquement en exploitant des critères algébriques tous établis à partir d'une même intégrale d'action et de ses dérivées secondes. Notre méthode utilise des quadratures numériques suivies de différences finies afin de calculer la matrice hessienne de l'intégrale d'action. Le comportement asymptotique de cette matrice nous pousse à prêter beaucoup d'attention à l'étude des ondes de grande période ou de faible amplitude. Les résultats numériquesprésentés fournissent de nombreuses informations en lien avec des questions ouvertes.On effectue également des simulations directes sur le système d' ÉDP original pour étudier à la fois le comportement des ondes périodiques sous différents types de perturbations, et les solutions de problèmes de Cauchy avec donnée initiale discontinue. Pour ces derniers, on s'attend à observer des chocs dispersifs, dont la compréhension est basée sur le problème de Gurevich-Pitaevskii, où les équations modulées à la Whitham sont utilisées pour approcher la zone oscillante des chocs. On compare des simulations directes aux solutions idéales du problème de Gurevich-Pitaevskii, en commençant par la célèbre équation de Kd
Ondes périodiques dans des systèmes d’ÉDP hamiltoniens : stabilité, modulations et chocs dispersifs
No full textThe first part of this manuscript presents a well-posedness result for a quasilinear version of the KdV equation.The proof takes advantage of structural properties and gauge techniques to deal with apparent loss of derivativesin a priori estimates.In the second part, we investigate the modulational and orbital coperiodic stability of periodic waves by computingalgebraic criteria involving the same abbreviated action integral and its second order derivatives. Our methoduses numerical integrations followed by finite differences to compute the Hessian matrix of the action integral.We pay attention to the asymptotic behavior of this matrix in the large period and small amplitude limits. Thenumerical results about stability give some new insight on several analytical open questions.Finally, direct numerical computations are done on the original system of PDEs to study the behavior of periodictraveling waves under various kinds of perturbations and the solutions of Cauchy problem with discontinuousinitial data. For the latter, we expect dispersive shock waves to arise. The building block for understandingdispersive shocks is known as the Gurevich-Pitaevskii problem, in which modulated equations 'a la Whitham'are used as an approximate model for the oscillatory zone. We compare direct numerical simulations to idealizedsolutions of Gurevich-Pitaevskii problems, starting with the famous KdV equationLa première partie de cette thèse concerne l'étude du problème de Cauchy pour l'équation de KdV quasi-linéaire.On établit un théorème d'existence locale obtenu grâce à des propriétés structurelles et des techniques de jauge qui permettent de compenser les pertes de dérivées apparentes dans les estimations a priori.Dans la seconde partie, les propriétés de stabilité orbitale co-périodique et modulationnelle sont explorées numériquement en exploitant des critères algébriques tous établis à partir d'une même intégrale d'action et de ses dérivées secondes. Notre méthode utilise des quadratures numériques suivies de différences finies afin de calculer la matrice hessienne de l'intégrale d'action. Le comportement asymptotique de cette matrice nous pousse à prêter beaucoup d'attention à l'étude des ondes de grande période ou de faible amplitude. Les résultats numériquesprésentés fournissent de nombreuses informations en lien avec des questions ouvertes.On effectue également des simulations directes sur le système d' ÉDP original pour étudier à la fois le comportement des ondes périodiques sous différents types de perturbations, et les solutions de problèmes de Cauchy avec donnée initiale discontinue. Pour ces derniers, on s'attend à observer des chocs dispersifs, dont la compréhension est basée sur le problème de Gurevich-Pitaevskii, où les équations modulées à la Whitham sont utilisées pour approcher la zone oscillante des chocs. On compare des simulations directes aux solutions idéales du problème de Gurevich-Pitaevskii, en commençant par la célèbre équation de Kd
Acoustic propagation in a vortical homentropic flow
No full textThis paper is devoted to the theoretical and the numerical studies of the radiation 4 of an acoustic source in a general homentropic flow. As a linearized model, we consider Goldstein's 5 Equations, which extend the usual potential model to vortical flows. The equivalence between 6 Linearized Euler's Equations with general source terms and Goldstein's Equations is established, 7 and the relations between unknowns, in each model, are analysed. A closed-form relation between 8 the hydrodynamic phenomena and the acoustics is derived. Finally, numerical results are presented 9 and the relevance of using Goldstein's Equations compared to the potential model is illustrated
Stability of periodic waves in Hamiltonian PDEs of either long wavelength or small amplitude
No full textStability criteria have been derived and investigated in the last decades for
many kinds of periodic traveling wave solutions to Hamiltonian PDEs. They
turned out to depend in a crucial way on the negative signature of the Hessian
matrix of action integrals associated with those waves. In a previous paper
(Nonlinearity 2016), the authors addressed the characterization of stability of
periodic waves for a rather large class of Hamiltonian partial differential
equations that includes quasilinear generalizations of the Korteweg--de Vries
equation and dispersive perturbations of the Euler equations for compressible
fluids, either in Lagrangian or in Eulerian coordinates. They derived a
sufficient condition for orbital stability with respect to co-periodic
perturbations, and a necessary condition for spectral stability, both in terms
of the negative signature - or Morse index - of the Hessian matrix of the
action integral. Here the asymptotic behavior of this matrix is investigated in
two asymptotic regimes, namely for small amplitude waves and for waves
approaching a solitary wave as their wavelength goes to infinity. The special
structure of the matrices involved in the expansions makes possible to actually
compute the negative signature of the action Hessian both in the harmonic limit
and in the soliton limit. As a consequence, it is found that nondegenerate
small amplitude waves are orbitally stable with respect to co-periodic
perturbations in this framework. For waves of long wavelength, the negative
signature of the action Hessian is found to be exactly governed by the second
derivative with respect to the wave speed of the Boussinesq momentum associated
with the limiting solitary wave
Acoustic propagation in a vortical homentropic flow
No full textThis paper is devoted to the theoretical and the numerical studies of the radiation 4 of an acoustic source in a general homentropic flow. As a linearized model, we consider Goldstein's 5 Equations, which extend the usual potential model to vortical flows. The equivalence between 6 Linearized Euler's Equations with general source terms and Goldstein's Equations is established, 7 and the relations between unknowns, in each model, are analysed. A closed-form relation between 8 the hydrodynamic phenomena and the acoustics is derived. Finally, numerical results are presented 9 and the relevance of using Goldstein's Equations compared to the potential model is illustrated
