The well-posedness and solutions of Boussinesq-type equations

We develop well-posedness theory and analytical and numerical solution techniques for Boussinesq-type equations. Firstly, we consider the Cauchy problem for a generalized Boussinesq equation. We show that under suitable conditions, a global solution for this problem exists. In addition, we derive su...

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Main Author: Lin, Qun
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Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2009
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-22472017-02-20T06:37:03Z The well-posedness and solutions of Boussinesq-type equations Lin, Qun analytical solution techniques well-posedness theory numerical solution techniques Jacobi/exponential expansion method Cauchy problem Boussinesq-type equations We develop well-posedness theory and analytical and numerical solution techniques for Boussinesq-type equations. Firstly, we consider the Cauchy problem for a generalized Boussinesq equation. We show that under suitable conditions, a global solution for this problem exists. In addition, we derive sufficient conditions for solution blow-up in finite time.Secondly, a generalized Jacobi/exponential expansion method for finding exact solutions of non-linear partial differential equations is discussed. We use the proposed expansion method to construct many new, previously undiscovered exact solutions for the Boussinesq and modified Korteweg-de Vries equations. We also apply it to the shallow water long wave approximate equations. New solutions are deduced for this system of partial differential equations.Finally, we develop and validate a numerical procedure for solving a class of initial boundary value problems for the improved Boussinesq equation. The finite element method with linear B-spline basis functions is used to discretize the equation in space and derive a second order system involving only ordinary derivatives. It is shown that the coefficient matrix for the second order term in this system is invertible. Consequently, for the first time, the initial boundary value problem can be reduced to an explicit initial value problem, which can be solved using many accurate numerical methods. Various examples are presented to validate this technique and demonstrate its capacity to simulate wave splitting, wave interaction and blow-up behavior. 2009 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2247 en Curtin University fulltext
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topic analytical solution techniques
well-posedness theory
numerical solution techniques
Jacobi/exponential expansion method
Cauchy problem
Boussinesq-type equations
spellingShingle analytical solution techniques
well-posedness theory
numerical solution techniques
Jacobi/exponential expansion method
Cauchy problem
Boussinesq-type equations
Lin, Qun
The well-posedness and solutions of Boussinesq-type equations
description We develop well-posedness theory and analytical and numerical solution techniques for Boussinesq-type equations. Firstly, we consider the Cauchy problem for a generalized Boussinesq equation. We show that under suitable conditions, a global solution for this problem exists. In addition, we derive sufficient conditions for solution blow-up in finite time.Secondly, a generalized Jacobi/exponential expansion method for finding exact solutions of non-linear partial differential equations is discussed. We use the proposed expansion method to construct many new, previously undiscovered exact solutions for the Boussinesq and modified Korteweg-de Vries equations. We also apply it to the shallow water long wave approximate equations. New solutions are deduced for this system of partial differential equations.Finally, we develop and validate a numerical procedure for solving a class of initial boundary value problems for the improved Boussinesq equation. The finite element method with linear B-spline basis functions is used to discretize the equation in space and derive a second order system involving only ordinary derivatives. It is shown that the coefficient matrix for the second order term in this system is invertible. Consequently, for the first time, the initial boundary value problem can be reduced to an explicit initial value problem, which can be solved using many accurate numerical methods. Various examples are presented to validate this technique and demonstrate its capacity to simulate wave splitting, wave interaction and blow-up behavior.
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author Lin, Qun
author_facet Lin, Qun
author_sort Lin, Qun
title The well-posedness and solutions of Boussinesq-type equations
title_short The well-posedness and solutions of Boussinesq-type equations
title_full The well-posedness and solutions of Boussinesq-type equations
title_fullStr The well-posedness and solutions of Boussinesq-type equations
title_full_unstemmed The well-posedness and solutions of Boussinesq-type equations
title_sort well-posedness and solutions of boussinesq-type equations
publisher Curtin University
publishDate 2009
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2247
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