Emergence of Solitons from Irregular Waves in Deep Water

Autor: Weida Xia, Yuxiang Ma, Guohai Dong, Jie Zhang, Xiaozhou Ma
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Vol 9, Iss 12, p 1369 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2077-1312
DOI: 10.3390/jmse9121369
Popis: Numerical simulations were performed to study the long-distance evolution of irregular waves in deep water. It was observed that some solitons, which are the theoretical solutions of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation, emerged spontaneously as irregular wave trains propagated in deep water. The solitons propagated approximately at a speed of the linear group velocity. All the solitons had a relatively large amplitude and one detected soliton’s height was two times larger than the significant wave height of the wave train, therefore satisfying the rogue wave definition. The numerical results showed that solitons can persist for a long distance, reaching about 65 times the peak wavelength. By analyzing the spatial variations of these solitons in both time and spectral domains, it is found that the third-and higher-order resonant interactions and dispersion effects played significant roles in the formation of solitons.
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