Christian Kuehn , Chiara Piazzola , Elisabeth Ullmann
{"title":"Uncertainty quantification analysis of bifurcations of the Allen–Cahn equation with random coefficients","authors":"Christian Kuehn , Chiara Piazzola , Elisabeth Ullmann","doi":"10.1016/j.physd.2024.134390","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physd.2024.134390","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this work we consider the Allen–Cahn equation, a prototypical model problem in nonlinear dynamics that exhibits bifurcations corresponding to variations of a deterministic bifurcation parameter. Going beyond the state-of-the-art, we introduce a random coefficient in the linear reaction part of the equation, thereby accounting for random, spatially-heterogeneous effects. Importantly, we assume a spatially constant, deterministic mean value of the random coefficient. We show that this mean value is in fact a bifurcation parameter in the Allen–Cahn equation with random coefficients. Moreover, we show that the bifurcation points and bifurcation curves become random objects. We consider two distinct modeling situations: <span><math><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>i</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></math></span> for a spatially-homogeneous coefficient we derive analytical expressions for the distribution of the bifurcation points and show that the bifurcation curves are random shifts of a fixed reference curve; <span><math><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>i</mi><mi>i</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></math></span> for a spatially-heterogeneous coefficient we employ a generalized polynomial chaos expansion to approximate the statistical properties of the random bifurcation points and bifurcation curves. We present numerical examples in 1D physical space, where we combine the popular software package Continuation Core and Toolboxes (COCO) for numerical continuation and the Sparse Grids Matlab Kit for the polynomial chaos expansion. Our exposition addresses both dynamical systems and uncertainty quantification, highlighting how analytical and numerical tools from both areas can be combined efficiently for the challenging uncertainty quantification analysis of bifurcations in random differential equations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20050,"journal":{"name":"Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142587087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effect of Lévy index coefficient on modulational instability and rogue wave excitation in nonlocal media with cubic–quintic nonlinearities","authors":"Camus Gaston Latchio Tiofack , Conrad Bertrand Tabi , Hippolyte Tagwo , Timoléon Crépin Kofané","doi":"10.1016/j.physd.2024.134395","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physd.2024.134395","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper explores the modulational instability (MI) of a plane wave and its behavior in the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) with a fractional diffraction term quantified by its Lévy index coefficient and nonlocal cubic–quintic nonlinearities. First, we analyze the stability of the plane wave solution and examine how nonlocal nonlinearities and the Lévy index coefficient affect the MI gain. We observe that the stability in the fractional NLSE exhibits new features that differ from those in the standard NLSE. Specifically, when dealing with competing cubic and quintic nonlinearities, the interaction between nonlocality and the Lévy index coefficient <span><math><mi>α</mi></math></span> can eliminate MI for low values of <span><math><mi>α</mi></math></span>, unlike the classical NLSE with <span><math><mrow><mi>α</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></math></span>, where we find the plane wave to be unstable. Besides the linear stability analysis, numerical simulations are performed to understand further the plane wave dynamics from its nonlinear stage in this model. The results reveal the generation of periodic chains of localized peaks. Guided by analytical predictions and using the plane wave solution subject to Gaussian perturbation, we numerically investigate the possibility of exciting rogue waves in the parameter spaces where MI exists. We find that the different combinations of signs of the cubic and quintic nonlinearities (focusing and defocusing) and the fractional diffraction term significantly impact the formation of rogue waves. These results may pave the way for the theoretical and experimental study of nonlinear phenomena in physical models with fractional derivatives and nonlocal nonlinearities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20050,"journal":{"name":"Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142529726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ludovico Theo Giorgini , Andre N. Souza , Peter J. Schmid
{"title":"Reduced Markovian models of dynamical systems","authors":"Ludovico Theo Giorgini , Andre N. Souza , Peter J. Schmid","doi":"10.1016/j.physd.2024.134393","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physd.2024.134393","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Leveraging recent work on data-driven methods for constructing a finite state space Markov process from dynamical systems, we address two problems for obtaining further reduced statistical representations. The first problem is to extract the most salient reduced-order dynamics for a given timescale by using a modified clustering algorithm from network theory. The second problem is to provide an alternative construction for the infinitesimal generator of a Markov process that respects statistical features over a large range of time scales. We demonstrate the methodology on three low-dimensional dynamical systems with stochastic and chaotic dynamics. We then apply the method to two high-dimensional dynamical systems, the Kuramoto–Sivashinky equations and data sampled from fluid-flow experiments via Particle Image Velocimetry. We show that the methodology presented herein provides a robust reduced-order statistical representation of the underlying system.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20050,"journal":{"name":"Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142529721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sufficient and necessary conditions for self-similar motions of three point vortices in generalized fluid systems","authors":"Jiahe Chen, Qihuai Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.physd.2024.134392","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physd.2024.134392","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, we obtained sufficient and necessary conditions for self-similar motions of three point vortices in generalized two-dimensional fluid systems by reducing of Hamiltonian and developing the theory of self-similar functions. The results are concise and clear, and the occurrence of both self-similar collapse and self-similar expansion only depend on the strengths of point vortices. We have provided an explicit and exact expression for each nontrivial self-similar solution. The application of theoretical results in Surface-Quasi-Geostrophic system is consistent with previous known numerical results in the symmetric case. We also have found that, in some asymmetric cases, both self-similar collapse and self-similar expansion occur if and only if the strength of the third point vortex is within an open interval.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20050,"journal":{"name":"Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142420459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Algebraic design of physical computing system","authors":"Mizuka Komatsu , Takaharu Yaguchi , Kohei Nakajima","doi":"10.1016/j.physd.2024.134382","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physd.2024.134382","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Recently, computational techniques that employ physical systems (physical computing systems) have been developed. To utilize physical computing systems, their design strategy is important. Although there are practical learning-based methods and theoretical approaches, no general method exists that provides specific design guidelines for given systems with rigorous theoretical support. In this paper, we propose a novel algebraic design framework for a physical computing system, which is capable of extracting specific design guidelines. Our approach describes input–output relationships algebraically and relates them to given target tasks. Two theorems are presented in this paper. The first theorem offers a basic strategy for algebraic design. The second theorem explores the “replaceability” of such systems. Their possible implementations are investigated through experiments. In particular, the design of inputs of a system so that it generates multiple target time-series and the replacement of stationary or non-stationary target systems by a given system that is designed algebraically are included. The proposed framework is shown to have the potential of designing given physical computing systems with theoretical support.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20050,"journal":{"name":"Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142433541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stability of asymptotic waves in the Fisher–Stefan equation","authors":"T.T.H. Bui , P. van Heijster , R. Marangell","doi":"10.1016/j.physd.2024.134383","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physd.2024.134383","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We establish spectral, linear, and nonlinear stability of the vanishing and slow-moving travelling waves that arise as time asymptotic solutions to the Fisher–Stefan equation. All stability analysis is in terms of the limiting equations that the asymptotic waves satisfy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20050,"journal":{"name":"Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142420460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Solitons moving on background waves of the focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation with step-like initial condition","authors":"Deng-Shan Wang , Guo-Fu Yu , Dinghao Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.physd.2024.134389","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physd.2024.134389","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This work concerns the long-time asymptotic behaviors of the focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation with step-like initial condition in present of discrete spectrum. The exact step initial-value problem with non-vanishing boundary on one side has been solved, while the step-like initial-value problem with solitons emerging remains open. We study this problem and explore the solitons moving on background waves of the focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation by classifying all possible locations of discrete spectrum associated with the spectral functions. It is shown that there are five kinds of zones for the discrete spectrum in complex plane, which are called dumbing zone, trapping zone, trapping/waking zone, transmitting/waking zone and transmitting zone, respectively. By means of Deift–Zhou nonlinear steepest-descent method for Riemann–Hilbert problems, the long-time asymptotics of the solution along with the locations of the solitons for each case are formulated. Numerical simulations match very well with the theoretical analysis.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20050,"journal":{"name":"Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142420456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dispersion management and optical soliton engineering in nonuniform inhomogeneous PT-symmetric nonlinear media","authors":"K. Manikandan , K. Sakkaravarthi , S. Sabari","doi":"10.1016/j.physd.2024.134388","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physd.2024.134388","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Studies on optical solitons in inhomogeneous media continue to attract immense interest. This work is devoted to exploring the evolution dynamics of solitons in inhomogeneous nonuniform optical media with parity-time reversal <span><math><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>PT</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></math></span>-symmetric rational potential and variable dispersion through explicit solutions. For this purpose, we consider a variable-coefficient nonlinear Schrödinger (vcNLS) equation containing <span><math><mi>PT</mi></math></span>-symmetric rational potential consisting of constant nonlinearity and longitudinally-varying dispersion and tapering effects. By implementing a similarity transformation, one of the efficient methods to analyze variable-coefficient (non-autonomous) nonlinear models, we construct explicit soliton (similariton) solutions and investigate deformations occurring in the characteristics of the optical solitons resulting from various dispersion modulations. Notably, we unravel the dynamical changes in the amplitude, width, shape, speed/velocity, and localization of solitons for periodic, localized well/barrier-type, and step-like dispersion modulations leading to periodic, localized, and single-step suppression or amplification, broadening and narrowing of width, and advancing or delaying the transitions during soliton propagation in inhomogeneous media. Besides, we execute a direct numerical experiment to validate the identified analytical findings. The observed results shall enhance the understanding of solitons in inhomogeneous <span><math><mi>PT</mi></math></span>-symmetric media. As future perspectives, the present analysis can be extended to study the deformation dynamics of several other nonlinear waves in inhomogeneous media and their experimental realizations in the context of optics and other fields.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20050,"journal":{"name":"Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142420457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Warning signs for boundary noise and their application to an ocean Boussinesq model","authors":"P. Bernuzzi , H.A. Dijkstra , C. Kuehn","doi":"10.1016/j.physd.2024.134391","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physd.2024.134391","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, we construct and discuss early-warning signs of the approach of a parameter to a deterministic bifurcation on a stochastic partial differential equation (SPDE) model with Gaussian white-noise on the boundary. We specifically focus on the qualitative behaviour of the time-asymptotic autocovariance and autocorrelation of the solutions of the linearized system. We also discuss the reliability of the tools from an analytic perspective and through various examples. Among those, the application of the early-warning signs for an ocean Boussinesq model is explored through numerical simulations. The analytic results obtained expand on previous work and present valuable early-warning signs for various applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20050,"journal":{"name":"Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142420455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhiyuan Li , Jiaqin Zhang , Haitao Xu , Shengxi Zhou , Li Cheng
{"title":"Chaotic responses across the potential barrier of bistable vortex-induced vibration energy harvesters","authors":"Zhiyuan Li , Jiaqin Zhang , Haitao Xu , Shengxi Zhou , Li Cheng","doi":"10.1016/j.physd.2024.134374","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physd.2024.134374","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Large-amplitude interwell limit cycle oscillations (LCOs) are regarded as an ideal high-output state of multistable vibration energy harvesters. However, chaotic responses, which result in lower output voltages than interwell LCOs, can be observed in bistable vortex-induced vibration energy harvesters (VIVEHs). In this paper, the chaos in bistable VIVEHs is investigated through numerical simulation, theoretical analyses, and experimental validation. The distribution of the periodic solutions obtained by the incremental harmonic balance (IHB) method and chaos judgment using Lyapunov exponents are elucidated. It is found that the bistable VIVEH shows intrawell periodic solutions at high reduced wind speeds (RWSs) and period-doubling bifurcation appears with the periodic solutions turning into chaos with decreasing RWS. Analyses of the influence of nonlinear parameters on the chaotic responses identify the nonlinear stiffness as the dominant factor contributing to the chaos. Meanwhile, the chaotic responses and interwell LCOs would exist at the same RWS with different initial states. Finally, wind tunnel experiments confirm the occurrence of homologous chaotic responses of the bistable VIVEH which feature aperiodic jumping back and forth motion between two potential wells, in agreement with numerical simulations. Overall, this paper provides a framework for analyzing the chaotic responses of bistable VIVEHs, offering valuable insights for complex response mechanism understanding.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":20050,"journal":{"name":"Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142358189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}